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Where does “nacemento” come from?

nacemento (Galician) comes from Galician nacer, from Old Portuguese nacer, from Latin nāscor, from Proto-Italic gnāskōr, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

nacemento (Galician): birth; nativity scene

Definitions

  1. birth; nativity scene

Ancestry of “nacemento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciannacerto be born; to surge, spring out; to rise
2Old Portuguesenacerto be born
3Latinnāscor—
4Proto-Italicgnāskōrbe born
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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