Where does “vítulo” come from?

vítulo (Portuguese) comes from Latin vitulus, from Proto-Indo-European wetelo-, from Proto-Indo-European wet- — year; year-old.

vítulo (Portuguese): calf

Definitions

  1. calf

Ancestry of “vítulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitulusa bull calf
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwetelo-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwet-year; year-old
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wet- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wetelo- →Every word from Latin vitulus →