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Where does “dióspiro” come from?

dióspiro (Portuguese) comes from Translingual Diospyros, from Ancient Greek διόσπυρος, from Ancient Greek πυρός, from Proto-Indo-European puHrós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

dióspiro (Portuguese): persimmon

Definitions

  1. persimmon

Ancestry of “dióspiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualDiospyros—
2Ancient Greekδιόσπυρος—
3Ancient Greekπυρόςwheat; a grain of wheat; genitive singular of πῦρ
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHróswheat
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “dióspiro”

  • diospireiro
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