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Where does “umbigo” come from?

umbigo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese umbiigo, from Latin umbilīcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl.

umbigo (Portuguese): navel

Definitions

  1. navel

Ancestry of “umbigo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseumbiigo—
2Latinumbilīcus—
3Proto-Indo-European*h₃nóbʰōl—

Words derived from “umbigo”

  • umbigada
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl →