Where does “releón” come from?

releón (Galician) comes from Galician relear, 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.

releón (Galician): tenacious; stubborn; obstinate

Definitions

  1. tenacious; stubborn; obstinate

Ancestry of “releón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianrelearto haggle
2Galicianre-back; again
3Old Portuguesere-—
4Latinre-back, backwards; again; prefix added to various...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwret-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
7Proto-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- →