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Where does “alívio” come from?

alívio (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese aliviar, from Latin alleviō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

alívio (Portuguese): the act of lightening; relief

Definitions

  1. the act of lightening; relief

Ancestry of “alívio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesealiviarto relieve, ease, alleviate; to lighten; to steal
2Latinalleviō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →