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Where does “açor” come from?

açor (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin acceptor, from Latin accipiter, from Latin accipio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

açor (Old Portuguese): goshawk

Definitions

  1. goshawk

Ancestry of “açor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinacceptorfirst-person singular present passive indicative...
2Latinaccipiterhawk, merlin; a rapacious man
3LatinaccipioI receive, accept, take; I hear , learn , learn;...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “açor”

  • Azores
  • Azorean
  • açores
  • Açores
  • açor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →