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Where does “primaveril” come from?

primaveril (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese primavera, 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- — passed , crossed.

primaveril (Portuguese): vernal, springlike

Definitions

  1. vernal, springlike

Ancestry of “primaveril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseprimaveraspring, the season
2Vulgar Latinprimaveraspring
3Latinprimanominative feminine singular of prīmus; vocative...
4Latinprimusfirst
5Latinprismos—
6Latinprisemos—
7Proto-Italicpriisemosforemost, first
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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