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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseVia—
2Old Portuguesevia—
3Latinviā—
4Proto-Italic*wiā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “pôr”

  • antepor
  • sobrepor
  • poer
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