Where does “avó” come from?
avó (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese avoo, from Latin avolo, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
avó (Galician): grandfather; grandparents
Definitions
- grandfather; grandparents
Ancestry of “avó”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | avoo | grandfather |
| 2 | Latin | avolo | I fly off or away; flee away |
| 3 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 4 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |