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Where does “devanar” come from?

devanar (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin depano, from Latin pānus, from Ancient Greek πῆνος, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂n- — something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth; to...

devanar (Spanish): to coil, wind

Definitions

  1. to coil, wind

Ancestry of “devanar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latindepanoto unravel; I unravel
2Latinpānus—
3Ancient Greekπῆνοςthread on the bobbin; web
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂n-something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth; to...
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