Where does “agoirento” come from?
agoirento (Galician) comes from Galician agoiro, from Old Portuguese agoiro, from Latin augurium, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
agoirento (Galician): ominous
Definitions
- ominous
Ancestry of “agoirento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | agoiro | omen, presage; annoying person |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | agoiro | Alternative form of agoyro |
| 3 | Latin | augurium | augury; divination, prediction; omen, portent |
| 4 | Latin | augur | augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 5 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |