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Where does “sair” come from?

sair (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese sair, from Latin salīre, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

sair (Portuguese): to exit; to leave; to go out; to lead

Definitions

  1. to exit; to leave; to go out; to lead

Ancestry of “sair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesair—
2Latinsalīre—
3Latinsāl—
4Proto-Italicsāls—
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “sair”

  • sobressair
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →