vir

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Latin word vir comes from Proto-Indo-European *wih₁rós, and later Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (Husband. Man. Warrior, hero.)

*wih₁rós (Proto-Indo-European)

*wiHrós (Proto-Indo-European)

Husband. Man. Warrior, hero.

*wiros (Proto-Italic)

A man.

vir (Latin)

(in military contexts) foot soldier. Brave man, hero. Grown man. Husband. Male human, man; man (human).

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