Where does “avuelo” come from?

avuelo (Old Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin *aviolum, from Latin avus, from Proto-Celtic abū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

avuelo (Old Spanish): grandfather

Definitions

  1. grandfather

Ancestry of “avuelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*aviolum
2Latinavusgrandfather; an ancestor, a progenitor, a...
3Proto-Celticabūriver
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water

Words derived from “avuelo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep-Every word from Proto-Celtic abūEvery word from Latin avus