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What are the etymological roots of the adverb emuncte?
Ēmunctē is the adverbial form of the past passive participle ēmunctus, -a, -um, from the verb ēmungere, meaning "to wipe mucus from one's nose."
The initial e- is the prefix "ex", ...
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Possible Origin of "ergo"
The Latin ergo is connected to words about proceeding directly:
Equivalent to an adverbial derivation from *ēregō, presumably ex- + regō, with sense similar to cognate pergō (“I proceed”), from ...
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