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Where does “Hordeum” come from?

Hordeum (Translingual) comes from Latin hordeum, from Proto-Italic horzdeom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom — bristly.

Ancestry of “Hordeum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhordeumbarley
2Proto-Italichorzdeom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly

Words derived from “Hordeum”

  • hordenine
  • Hordeeae
  • Hordeinae
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