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Where does “vaso” come from?

vaso (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese vaso, from Latin vāsum, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

vaso (Portuguese): vessel; vase; toilet

Definitions

  1. vessel; vase; toilet

Ancestry of “vaso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevaso—
2Latinvāsum—
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “vaso”

  • vasão
  • vasectomia
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →