Where does “futuro” come from?

futuro (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish futuro, from Latin futūrus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

futuro (Papiamentu): future

Definitions

  1. future

Ancestry of “futuro”, step by step

futuro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish futuro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfuturofuture; future, future tense
2Latinfutūrusabout to be, about to exist
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

via Portuguese futuro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefuturofuture; future tense
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Latin futūrus →Every word from Spanish futuro →