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Where does “cheo” come from?

cheo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese chẽo, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

cheo (Galician): full; stuffed, sated; tired, fed up

Definitions

  1. full; stuffed, sated; tired, fed up

Ancestry of “cheo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesechẽofull
2Latinplēnus—
3Proto-Italicplēnosfull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →