Where does “orjo” come from?

orjo (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin hordeum, from Proto-Italic horzdeom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom — bristly.

orjo (Old Portuguese): barley

Definitions

  1. barley

Ancestry of “orjo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhordeumbarley
2Proto-Italichorzdeom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom →Every word from Proto-Italic horzdeom →Every word from Latin hordeum →
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