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Where does “prapraavo” come from?

prapraavo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto avo, from Latin avus, from Proto-Celtic abū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

prapraavo (Esperanto): great-great-grandfather

Definitions

  1. great-great-grandfather

Ancestry of “prapraavo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoavograndfather; old man; grandparent
2Latinavusgrandfather; an ancestor, a progenitor, a...
3Proto-Celticabūriver
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water
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