Where does “fender” come from?

fender (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin findo, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Ancestry of “fender”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfindoI cleave, break up, separate, divide, split
2Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fender”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic findō →
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