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Where does “porron” come from?

porron (English) comes from Spanish porrón, from Catalan porró, from Latin porrum, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥so- — leek.

porron (English): A glass container for wine for table use, with a...

Definitions

  1. A glass container for wine for table use, with a...

Ancestry of “porron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishporrónpochard; porron
2Catalanporróporron
3Latinporrumleek; chives
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥so-leek
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