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Where does “*umbulicus” come from?
*umbulicus (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin umbilīcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl — navel.
Ancestry of “*umbulicus”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
umbilīcus
a navel
2
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃nóbʰōl
navel
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