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Where does “bisavô” come from?

bisavô (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Avô, from Old Portuguese avoa, from Latin aviōla, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

bisavô (Portuguese): great-grandfather, male great-grandparent

Definitions

  1. great-grandfather, male great-grandparent

Ancestry of “bisavô”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseAvô—
2Old Portugueseavoagrandmother
3Latinaviōla—
4Latin-olusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";...
5Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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