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Where does “cerro” come from?

cerro (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cerro, from Latin cirrus — a curl; the fringe of clothes; the tentacle of an...

Ancestry of “cerro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecerro—
2Latincirrusa curl; the fringe of clothes; the tentacle of an...
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