Where does “sebo” come from?

sebo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese sevo, from Latin sēbum, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

sebo (Galician): tallow; grease, fat

Definitions

  1. tallow; grease, fat

Ancestry of “sebo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesevo—
2Latinsēbumtallow, grease
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →Every word from Latin sēbum →Every word from Old Portuguese sevo →