Where does “ovo” come from?

ovo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese ovo, from Latin ovum, from Proto-Italic ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.

ovo (Portuguese): egg; testicle

Definitions

  1. egg; testicle

Ancestry of “ovo”, step by step

ovo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese ovo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseovoegg
2Latinovumegg
3Proto-Italicōwomegg
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ōwyómegg
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird

via Latin ōvum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinōvumegg
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “ovo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm →Every word from Proto-Italic ōwom →