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Where does “torneira” come from?

torneira (Galician) comes from Galician -eira, from Old Portuguese -eira, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

torneira (Galician): tap, spigot; irrigation canal or ditch; place...

Definitions

  1. tap, spigot; irrigation canal or ditch; place...

Ancestry of “torneira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galician-eira—
2Old Portuguese-eira—
3Latin-āria—
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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