Where does “cheiro” come from?

cheiro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cheirar, from Old Portuguese cheirar, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

cheiro (Portuguese): smell

Definitions

  1. smell

Ancestry of “cheiro”, step by step

cheiro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese cheirar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecheirarto smell; to smell of; to snort
2Old Portuguesecheirarto smell
3Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
4Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via Galician cheirar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancheirarto smell

Words derived from “cheiro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- →Every word from Proto-Italic frāgrāō →