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Where does “viro” come from?

viro (Galician) comes from Galician virar, from Old French virer, from Latin vibrāre, from Proto-Indo-European weyb- — to oscillate; swing; rotate, move.

viro (Galician): first-person singular present indicative of virar

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of virar

Ancestry of “viro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianvirarto turn, rotate; to turn upside down; to become;...
2Old Frenchvirerto turn, veer
3Latinvibrāre—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyb-to oscillate; swing; rotate, move
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