Where does “ovo” come from?

ovo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese ovo, from Latin ovum, from Proto-Italic ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.

ovo (Galician): egg; quartz stone pivot of a watermill; spherical...

Definitions

  1. egg; quartz stone pivot of a watermill; spherical...

Ancestry of “ovo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseovoegg
2Latinovumegg
3Proto-Italicōwomegg
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ōwyómegg
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm →Every word from Proto-Italic ōwom →