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Where does “aio” come from?

aio (Portuguese) comes from Latin avius, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

aio (Portuguese): a hired tutor

Definitions

  1. a hired tutor

Ancestry of “aio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaviusremote, out of the way; astray, distracting
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latināb—
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “aio”

  • ayah
  • aia
  • aio
  • aia
  • आया
  • yaya
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →