Where does “refaixo” come from?

refaixo (Galician) comes from Galician re-, from Old Portuguese re-, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

refaixo (Galician): underskirt; petticoat

Definitions

  1. underskirt; petticoat

Ancestry of “refaixo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianre-back; again
2Old Portuguesere-—
3Latinre-back, backwards; again; prefix added to various...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwret-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Latin re- →