Where does “múleo” come from?

múleo (Portuguese) comes from Latin mulleus, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

múleo (Portuguese): papal shoe

Definitions

  1. papal shoe

Ancestry of “múleo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmulleusof a red color (said of shoes)
2Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
3Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós
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