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Where does “açor” come from?

açor (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese açor, from Vulgar Latin acceptor, from Latin accipiter, from Latin accipio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

açor (Portuguese): goshawk

Definitions

  1. goshawk

Ancestry of “açor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseaçorgoshawk
2Vulgar Latinacceptorfirst-person singular present passive indicative...
3Latinaccipiterhawk, merlin; a rapacious man
4LatinaccipioI receive, accept, take; I hear , learn , learn;...
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “açor”

  • Azores
  • Azorean
  • açores
  • Açores
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