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Where does “chuvasco” come from?

chuvasco (Portuguese) comes from Spanish chubasco, from Galician chuvasco, from Galician chuvia, from Old Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō.

chuvasco (Portuguese): downpour; shower

Definitions

  1. downpour; shower

Ancestry of “chuvasco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchubascodownpour, squall
2Galicianchuvascodownpour; shower
3Galicianchuviarain
4Old Portuguesechuviarain
5Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
6Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
7LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
8Proto-Italicplowō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—

Words derived from “chuvasco”

  • chavasco
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →