altum

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Latin word altum comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-, and later Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi (To be nourishing.)

*h₂el- (Proto-Indo-European)

to raise, feed, nourish, beyond, to grow

*h₂életi (Proto-Indo-European)

To be nourishing.

*alō (Proto-Italic)

altum (Latin)

The deep, the sea.

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