Where does “Beirão” come from?

Beirão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese beira, from Old Portuguese ribeira, from Latin rīpāria, from Latin rīpārius, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic reipā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂.

Beirão (Portuguese): a native of Beira historical region of Portugal

Definitions

  1. a native of Beira historical region of Portugal

Ancestry of “Beirão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebeiraedge, margin, border; third-person singular...
2Old Portugueseribeira
3Latinrīpārialittoral, riverbank
4Latinrīpāriusthat inhabits the banks of rivers; riparian
5Latinrīpabank (of a river)
6Proto-Italicreipāriver bank
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂

Words derived from “Beirão

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic reipāEvery word from Latin rīpa