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Where does “janela cega” come from?

janela cega (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese janela, from Old Portuguese janella, from Vulgar Latin ianuella, from Latin iānua, from Latin Iānus, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

janela cega (Portuguese): blind window

Definitions

  1. blind window

Ancestry of “janela cega”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesejanelawindow
2Old Portuguesejanellawindow
3Vulgar Latinianuellawindow
4Latiniānua—
5LatinIānus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel
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