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Where does “redẽa” come from?
redẽa (Old Portuguese) comes from Medieval Latin retina, from Latin rēte — net, snare, network.
Ancestry of “redẽa”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Medieval Latin
retina
small net; a rein; medieval spelling of rēsīna
2
Latin
rēte
net, snare, network
Words derived from “redẽa”
rédea
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