Where does “pôr” come from?

pôr (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Via, from Old Portuguese via, from Latin viā, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

pôr (Portuguese): to put; to place; to get; to go to a given...

Definitions

  1. to put; to place; to get; to go to a given...

Ancestry of “pôr”, step by step

pôr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Via

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseViaa way; a path
2Old Portuguesevia—
3Latinviāroad, street, path
4Proto-Italic*wiāroad
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via Old Portuguese põer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepõerto put
2Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
3Proto-Italicpoznō—
4Proto-Italicpozinō—
5Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “pôr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic *wiā →