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Where does “desviar” come from?

desviar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese desviar, from Latin dēviō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

desviar (Portuguese): to divert; to deviate; to deflect

Definitions

  1. to divert; to deviate; to deflect

Ancestry of “desviar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesedesviar—
2Latindēviō—
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →