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		bigbillheck on April 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Garum Masala > so bears no etymological history with Rome It still appears to be, ultimately, Indo-European and cognate with English 'warm', among others: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Eur...

akavi on April 11, 2023 [–]

Oddly enough, though that root does produce "fermentum", "garum" seems to be etymologically unlinked.

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