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Where does “esfriar” come from?

esfriar (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin *exfrigido, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

esfriar (Portuguese): to cool, cool down, chill

Definitions

  1. to cool, cool down, chill

Ancestry of “esfriar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*exfrigido—
2Latinēx-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “esfriar”

  • resfriado
  • resfriar
  • esfriamento
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