Where does “frouxo” come from?

frouxo (Portuguese) comes from Latin fluxus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

frouxo (Portuguese): loose, lax; coward, pusilanimous

Definitions

  1. loose, lax; coward, pusilanimous

Ancestry of “frouxo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfluxusflow; flux; flowing, fluid
2Latinfluōto flow, stream, pour
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “frouxo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁- →