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Where does “cania” come from?

cania (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “cania”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCanis—
2Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “cania”

  • cagnescamente
  • cagnesco
  • cagnaccio
  • cagna
  • canha
  • tganga
  • tgogna
  • cagnétta
  • càgna
  • cagnìnn-a
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