Where does “avoengo” come from?

avoengo (Galician) comes from Galician avó, from Old Portuguese avoo, from Latin avolo, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

avoengo (Galician): hereditary property; a property that has been inherited

Definitions

  1. hereditary property; a property that has been inherited

Ancestry of “avoengo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianavógrandfather; grandparents
2Old Portugueseavoograndfather
3LatinavoloI fly off or away; flee away
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latinābfrom, away from, out of
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →