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Where does “báo” come from?

báo (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish bó, from Proto-Celtic bāus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.

báo (Old Irish): genitive plural of bó

Definitions

  1. genitive plural of bó

Ancestry of “báo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbóox, cow
2Proto-Celticbāuscow
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle
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