Where does “ovo” come from?

ovo (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin ovum, from Proto-Italic ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.

ovo (Old Portuguese): egg

Definitions

  1. egg

Ancestry of “ovo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinovumegg
2Proto-Italicōwomegg
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ōwyómegg
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird

Words derived from “ovo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm →Every word from Proto-Italic ōwom →