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fámulo (Noun) "servant" 18th cent. From Latin famulus 'id.' From Proto-Italic *famelos "slave." From Proto-Indo-European *d^hh₁-m-elo- "foundation." From *d^heh₁- "to place." See also familia, hacer. Indo-European Romance Portugese fâmulo, Italian famulo Hellenic Ancient Greek θεμέλια (t^hemélia) "foundation," θέμις (t^hmis) "justice" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.