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Where does “vez” come from?

vez (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese vez, from Latin vicis, from Proto-Indo-European weyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

vez (Galician): time; occasion, instance; turn

Definitions

  1. time; occasion, instance; turn

Ancestry of “vez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevez—
2Latinvicischange, alternation, turn; time, instance; season
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyḱ-to enter in; to settle; settlement
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
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