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Where does “herba cidreira” come from?

herba cidreira (Galician) comes from Galician cidreira, from Galician -eira, from Old Portuguese -eira, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

herba cidreira (Galician): lemon balm

Definitions

  1. lemon balm

Ancestry of “herba cidreira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancidreiracitron; lemon balm
2Galician-eira—
3Old Portuguese-eira—
4Latin-āria—
5Latin-ārius—
6Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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