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Where does “boca” come from?

boca (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca — the lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...

boca (Galician): mouth

Definitions

  1. mouth

Ancestry of “boca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebocamouth
2Latinbuccathe lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...
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