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The English adjectives belligerent and bellicosederive from the Latin root syllable 'bell-'. The syllable also may be seen in Latin derivatives. For example, the derivative noun bellum means 'war'. The derivative adjectives belliger, bellatorius, and bellatorrespectively mean 'waging war', 'warlike', and 'warrior'.

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