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

  1. to care; to shun, to spare; to touch; to feel

Ancestry of “poupar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepoupar—
2Latinpalpōto touch softly, stroke, pat
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin palpō →