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Where does “frio” come from?

frio (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin frīgidus, from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “frio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrīgidus—
2Latinfrīgeō—
3Latin-eō—
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “frio”

  • frio
  • frío
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