Where does “cervo” come from?
cervo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese cervo, from Latin cervus, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
cervo (Portuguese): deer
Ancestry of “cervo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | cervo | — |
| 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 | — |