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Where does “gẽesta” come from?
gẽesta (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin genesta, from Proto-Indo-European gwₑnestā.
Ancestry of “gẽesta”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
genesta
broom
2
Proto-Indo-European
gwₑnestā
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Words derived from “gẽesta”
xesta
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