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Where does “fuxir” come from?

fuxir (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese fugir, from Vulgar Latin fugire, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic fugiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewg- — to flee; to enjoy, benefit.

fuxir (Galician): to flee; to escape; first/third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. to flee; to escape; first/third-person singular...

Ancestry of “fuxir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefugirto flee; to run away
2Vulgar Latinfugire—
3Latinfugerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4Proto-Italicfugiōto flee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewg-to flee; to enjoy, benefit
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