Where does “avenida” come from?
avenida (Portuguese) comes from Spanish avenida, from French avenue, from Old French avenue, from Old French avenir, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
avenida (Portuguese): avenue
Ancestry of “avenida”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | avenida | avenue; flood |
| 2 | French | avenue | avenue; a radial avenue; feminine singular of... |
| 3 | Old French | avenue | — |
| 4 | Old French | avenir | to happen |
| 5 | Latin | adveniō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |