Etymology

socius

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Today it means: Any of the autonomous tribes and city states of the Italian Peninsula in permanent military alliance with the Roman Republic until the Social War of 91–88 BC. Full definition →

Latin socius ← Proto-Italic *sokjos ← Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  5. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  6. Latinsokios
  7. Latinsocius
  8. English todaysocius

Borrowed from Latin socius.

Words from the same roots

Latinsocius all →

sociologysocio-

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