Where does “poupar” come from?
poupar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese poupar, from Latin palpō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
poupar (Galician): to care; to shun, to spare; to touch; to feel
Definitions
- to care; to shun, to spare; to touch; to feel
Ancestry of “poupar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | poupar | — |
| 2 | Latin | palpō | to touch softly, stroke, pat |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |