Where does “cerval” come from?
cerval (Portuguese) comes from Latin cervarius, from Latin cervus, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
cerval (Portuguese): Iberian lynx
Ancestry of “cerval”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | cervarius | of, pertaining to, or connected with deer |
| 2 | Latin | cervus | deer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “cerval”