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Where does “huevo” come from?

huevo (English) comes from Spanish huevo, from Old Spanish hueuo, from Vulgar Latin *ŏvum.

huevo (English): Egg; Testicle

Definitions

  1. Egg; Testicle

Ancestry of “huevo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhuevoegg; spawn; testicle
2Old Spanishhueuoegg
3Vulgar Latin*ŏvum—
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