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Where does “melgo” come from?

melgo (Spanish) comes from Proto-Albanian melga, from Vulgar Latin melica, from Latin medica, from Latin Mēdia, from Ancient Greek Μηδία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

melgo (Spanish): Born during the same birthing, especially from a...

Definitions

  1. Born during the same birthing, especially from a...

Ancestry of “melgo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianmelga—
2Vulgar Latinmelica—
3Latinmedicaa female doctor, healer; nominative feminine...
4LatinMēdia—
5Ancient GreekΜηδία—
6Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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