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Where does “suberum” come from?

suberum (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin sūber, from Old High German sūbar, from Proto-West Germanic sūbrī, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

Ancestry of “suberum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsūber—
2Old High Germansūbar—
3Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
4Latinsōbrius—
5Latinsē-—
6Latinsexsix; 6
7Proto-Italicsekssix
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “suberum”

  • suve
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