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Where does “sordo” come from?

sordo (Old Spanish) comes from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

Ancestry of “sordo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsurdusdeaf; inattentive, unresponsive; silent,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “sordo”

  • sordera
  • sordomudo
  • sordo
  • sordociego
  • sordamente
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