Where does “trave” come from?
trave (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese trave, from Latin trabs, from Indo-European *treb-.
trave (Portuguese): beam; trave; goalpost
Ancestry of “trave”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | trave | beam |
| 2 | Latin | trabs | timber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis |
| 3 | Indo-European | *treb- | — |
Words derived from “trave”