Where does “tesouro” come from?

tesouro (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese tesouro, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tesouro (Galician): treasure; treasury; hoard

Definitions

  1. treasure; treasury; hoard

Ancestry of “tesouro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetesouro—
2Latinthēsaurustreasure, hoard
3Ancient Greekθησαυρόςtreasure; vault, repository, chest
4Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Ancient Greek τίθημι →Every word from Ancient Greek θησαυρός →