Where does “por mor de” come from?
por mor de (Galician) comes from Galician amor, from Old Portuguese amor, from Latin amor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
por mor de (Galician): due to, because of
Ancestry of “por mor de”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | amor | love; love, darling |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | amor | love |
| 3 | Latin | amor | love, affection, devotion; love, desire, craving;... |
| 4 | Latin | amō | — |
| 5 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 6 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |