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Where does “*fĕtĕre” come from?
*fĕtĕre (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin fēteō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
Ancestry of “*fĕtĕre”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
fēteō
to have a bad smell, stink
2
Proto-Indo-European
dʰewh₂-
smoke; mist, haze
Words derived from “*fĕtĕre”
fetere
fetere
fètiri
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →
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