Where does “avô” come from?

avô (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese avoo, from Latin avolo, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

avô (Portuguese): grandfather, male grandparent

Definitions

  1. grandfather, male grandparent

Ancestry of “avô”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseavoograndfather
2LatinavoloI fly off or away; flee away
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “avô”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →