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Where does “*clavĭca” come from?
*clavĭca (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin clavaca, from Latin cloāca — An underground drain, sewer.
Ancestry of “*clavĭca”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
clavaca
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2
Latin
cloāca
An underground drain, sewer
Words derived from “*clavĭca”
chiavica
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