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Where does “lerdo” come from?

lerdo (Portuguese) comes from Spanish lerdo, from Late Latin lurdus, from Latin luridus, from Latin luror, from Proto-Italic *loiros.

lerdo (Portuguese): slow; stupid

Definitions

  1. slow; stupid

Ancestry of “lerdo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlerdoslow, sluggish, of animals; dim-witted, oafish,...
2Late Latinlurdusslow; stupid; slow, heavy; clumsy, stupid
3Latinluriduspale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid; ghastly,...
4Latinlurorpaleness, pallor, lividness
5Proto-Italic*loiros—
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