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Where does “azo” come from?

azo (Portuguese) comes from Old Occitan aize, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

azo (Portuguese): occasion; opportunity

Definitions

  1. occasion; opportunity

Ancestry of “azo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanaizeease
2Latinadiacēns—
3LatinadiaceoI lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →