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Where does “porro” come from?

porro (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin porrum, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥so- — leek.

Ancestry of “porro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinporrumleek; chives
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥so-leek

Words derived from “porro”

  • esporrar
  • porra
  • pô
  • porro
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