Where does “baço” come from?

baço (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese baço, from Latin hepatium, from Ancient Greek ἡπάτιον, from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ, from Proto-Hellenic eyékʷər, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

baço (Portuguese): spleen; which has lost its lustre or shininess

Definitions

  1. spleen; which has lost its lustre or shininess

Ancestry of “baço”, step by step

baço traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese baço

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebaço—
2Latinhepatium—
3Ancient Greekἡπάτιον—
4Ancient Greekἧπαρliver
5Proto-Helleniceyékʷər—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver

via Latin Bacchus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinBacchusthe god of wine
2Ancient GreekΒάκχοςBacchus

Words derived from “baço”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Hellenic eyékʷər →Every word from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ →