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Where does “cheirar” come from?

cheirar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

cheirar (Old Portuguese): to smell

Definitions

  1. to smell

Ancestry of “cheirar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrāgrō—
2Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

Words derived from “cheirar”

  • malcheiroso
  • cheirar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →