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Where does “selibik” come from?

selibik (Volapük) comes from French célibataire, from French célibat, from Latin caelibātus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

selibik (Volapük): single

Definitions

  1. single

Ancestry of “selibik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcélibatairesingle; a single
2Frenchcélibatcelibacy
3Latincaelibātus—
4Latin-ātus—
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →