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Where does “federa” come from?

federa (Galician) comes from Galician feder, from Old Portuguese feder, from Latin fetere, from Latin feteo, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

federa (Galician): first-person singular pluperfect indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of...

Ancestry of “federa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianfederto stink, reek; first/third-person singular...
2Old Portuguesefeder—
3Latinfeteresecond-person singular present passive...
4LatinfeteoI have a bad smell, stink
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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