Where does “viduva” come from?
viduva (Istriot) comes from Vulgar Latin viduva, from Latin vidua, from Proto-Italic *wiðowā.
viduva (Istriot): widow
Ancestry of “viduva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | viduva | — |
| 2 | Latin | vidua | widow; unmarried woman; nominative feminine... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *wiðowā | — |