Where does “beixo” come from?

beixo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese beijo, from Latin bāsium, from Proto-Indo-European bu.

beixo (Galician): kiss; first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. kiss; first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “beixo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebeijo—
2Latinbāsiumkiss especially of the hand
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbu—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bu →Every word from Latin bāsium →Every word from Old Portuguese beijo →