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Where does “avô paternal” come from?

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

avô paternal (Portuguese): paternal grandfather

Definitions

  1. paternal grandfather

Ancestry of “avô paternal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseavôgrandfather, male grandparent
2Old Portugueseavoograndfather
3LatinavoloI fly off or away; flee away
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latināb—
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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