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Where does “baio” come from?

baio (Portuguese) comes from Latin badius, from Proto-Indo-European bodyos — yellow.

baio (Portuguese): chestnut

Definitions

  1. chestnut

Ancestry of “baio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbadiusreddish brown, chestnut colored, bay
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbodyosyellow

Words derived from “baio”

  • leão-baio
  • baia
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