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Where does “geavi” come from?

geavi (Ido) comes from Ido avi, from Ido avo, from French aïeul, from Old French aiol, from Vulgar Latin aviolus, from Latin avus, from Proto-Celtic abū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

geavi (Ido): grandfathers and grandmothers

Definitions

  1. grandfathers and grandmothers

Ancestry of “geavi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoaviplural of avo; grandparents
2Idoavograndparent
3Frenchaïeulancestor; grandfather; old man
4Old Frenchaiol—
5Vulgar Latinaviolusgrandfather
6Latinavusgrandfather; an ancestor, a progenitor, a...
7Proto-Celticabūriver
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water
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