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Where does “vaca” come from?

vaca (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

Ancestry of “vaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvaccacow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—

Words derived from “vaca”

  • vaquinha
  • vaca
  • vaca preta
  • vaca
  • vacaloura
  • báka
  • baka
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