Where does “por” come from?
por (Ido) comes from Esperanto por, from Spanish por, from Old Spanish por, from Vulgar Latin por, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
por (Ido): for
Definitions
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Ancestry of “por”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | por | for, for the benefit of |
| 2 | Spanish | por | by; for; through, out, via |
| 3 | Old Spanish | por | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | por | for |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |