Where does “narina” come from?

narina (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin narina, from Latin nāris, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

narina (Portuguese): nostril

Definitions

  1. nostril

Ancestry of “narina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinnarina
2Latinnārisnostril
3LatinnāsusThe nose
4Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Latin Every word from Latin nāsus
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