Etymology Explorer
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Where does “viuda” come from?
viuda (Old Spanish) comes from Latin vidua, from Proto-Italic *wiðowā.
Ancestry of “viuda”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
vidua
widow; unmarried woman; nominative feminine...
2
Proto-Italic
*wiðowā
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Words derived from “viuda”
viuda
biyuda
Buda
viudedad
viudita
viuda
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