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Where does “fam(i)ne(m)” come from?
fam(i)ne(m) (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin famēs, from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- — to disappear.
Ancestry of “fam(i)ne(m)”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
famēs
hunger
2
Proto-Indo-European
dʰH-
to disappear
Words derived from “fam(i)ne(m)”
fambre
famne
ambre
hambre
פﬞאמברי
matambre
Hambrezuela
hambrear
hamber
hambrezolano
matambrito
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