Where does “ocorrido” come from?

ocorrido (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ocorrer, from Latin occurrō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος, from Proto-Indo-European gʷélHos — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

ocorrido (Portuguese): occurrence, happening

Definitions

  1. occurrence, happening

Ancestry of “ocorrido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseocorrerto occur, happen
2Latinoccurrōto run into; to go to meet
3Latinob-towards; against
4Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
5Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
6Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
7Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
8Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-