Where does “arco” come from?
arco (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese arco, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium, from Proto-Indo-European sodyom, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.
arco (Galician): bow; arc; arch
Ancestry of “arco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | arco | — |
| 2 | Latin | arcus | arc, arch; bow; rainbow |
| 3 | Latin | solium | seat, chair; throne, chair of state, official... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sodyom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |