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Where does “reloxo” come from?

reloxo (Galician) comes from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον, from Ancient Greek ὥρα, from Proto-Hellenic *worā, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

reloxo (Galician): clock, watch, timepiece

Definitions

  1. clock, watch, timepiece

Ancestry of “reloxo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhōrologium—
2Ancient Greekὡρολόγιονmechanism for telling the time, clock
3Ancient Greekὥραany defined period of time; season; climate
4Proto-Hellenic*worā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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