Where does “escuro” come from?

escuro (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese escuro, from Latin obscurus, from Italian scuro, from Italian oscuro, from Latin obscūrus, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

escuro (Portuguese): dark

Definitions

dark

Ancestry of “escuro”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Portuguese	escuro	—
2	Latin	obscurus	dark, dusky, shadowy; indistinct, unintelligible,...
3	Italian	scuro	dark, deep, sombre, swarthy; dark, sombre, grim,...
4	Italian	oscuro	first-person singular present of oscurare; dark;...
5	Latin	obscūrus	—
6	Latin	ob-	towards; against
7	Latin	obolus	obolus
8	Ancient Greek	ὀβολός	obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
9	Ancient Greek	ὀβελός	a spit, rod; a horizontal line
10	Ancient Greek	βέλος	missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
11	Proto-Indo-European	gʷélHos	—
12	Proto-Indo-European	gʷelH-	to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

Words derived from “escuro”

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