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clavo.

to nail, furnish, fasten with nails

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkɫaː.woː]Classical-Latin[ˈklaː.vo]
  1. to nail, furnish, fasten with nails

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂wos Proto-Italic *klāwos Latin clāvus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin clāvō From clāvus + -ō.

noun[ˈkɫaː.woː]Classical-Latin[ˈklaː.vo]
  1. dative/ablative singular of clāvus

    ablative · dative · form-of · singular
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