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Where does “Plumbaginoideae” come from?

Plumbaginoideae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Plumbago, from Latin plumbāgō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

Ancestry of “Plumbaginoideae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualPlumbago—
2Latinplumbāgō—
3Latinagō—
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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