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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinat-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwh₂os
- Latinavus
- Latinatavus
- Frenchatavisme
- Englishatavism
- English todayatavistic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
atavistic
Today it means: Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes. Full definition →
English atavism ← French atavisme ← Latin atavus