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Where does “por” come from?

por (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese põer, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

por (Galician): to put, place; to lay; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. to put, place; to lay; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “por”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepõerto put
2Latinpōnō—
3Proto-Italicpoznō—
4Proto-Italicpozinō—
5Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “por”

  • ponde
  • pon
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