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Savirius@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoMost words ending with -vious are from Latin via, "road, way*, including "obvious" (in the way), "impervious" (no way thru), "devious" (off the way, cf. deviate), and "previous" (before on the way)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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