Etymology

septemvir

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Today it means: A member of a septemvirate; one of seven people associated in some office. Full definition →

Latin septemvir ← Proto-Italic *wiros ← Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
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  1. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  2. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  4. Proto-Italic*septəm
  5. Latinseptem
  6. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  8. Proto-Italic*wiros
  9. Latinvir
  10. Latinseptemvir
  11. English todayseptemvir

Borrowed from Latin septemvir.

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