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Where does “*pūlicōnem” come from?
*pūlicōnem (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.
Ancestry of “*pūlicōnem”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
pūlex
flea
2
Proto-Indo-European
*plus-
flea
Words derived from “*pūlicōnem”
polecón
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