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Where does “ralo” come from?

ralo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese ralo, from Latin rallum, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

ralo (Portuguese): drain; sparse; mole cricket

Definitions

  1. drain; sparse; mole cricket

Ancestry of “ralo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseralo—
2Latinrallumscraper
3Latinrādō—
4Proto-Italicrazdō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw
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