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Where does “primavera” come from?

primavera (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin primavera, from Latin prima, from Latin primus, from Latin prismos, from Latin prisemos, from Proto-Italic priisemos, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

primavera (Portuguese): spring, the season

Definitions

  1. spring, the season

Ancestry of “primavera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinprimaveraspring
2Latinprimanominative feminine singular of prīmus; vocative...
3Latinprimusfirst
4Latinprismos—
5Latinprisemos—
6Proto-Italicpriisemosforemost, first
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “primavera”

  • primaveril
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