Where does “roxo” come from?

roxo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese roxo, from Latin russeus, from Latin russus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

roxo (Galician): reddish-brown, golden; very hot; redheaded

Definitions

  1. reddish-brown, golden; very hot; redheaded

Ancestry of “roxo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseroxodark red
2Latinrusseusdark red
3Latinrussusred, reddish-brown
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Latin russus →Every word from Latin russeus →