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Where does “berço” come from?

berço (Portuguese) comes from French berceau, from Old French berçuel, from Vulgar Latin berciolum, from Latin bertium, from Gaulish berta, from Proto-Celtic bertā.

berço (Portuguese): cradle, crib; a type of short cannon

Definitions

  1. cradle, crib; a type of short cannon

Ancestry of “berço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchberceaucradle, crib; cradle, birthplace, place of...
2Old Frenchberçuel—
3Vulgar Latinberciolumcradle
4Latinbertium—
5Gaulishberta—
6Proto-Celticbertā—

Words derived from “berço”

  • berçário
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