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Where does “abete” come from?
abete (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin abies, from Proto-Italic abiets.
Ancestry of “abete”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
abies
the silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood
2
Proto-Italic
abiets
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