Where does “verão” come from?

verão (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese verão, from Vulgar Latin veranum, from Latin vēr, from Latin veror, from Proto-Italic wezor, from Proto-Indo-European wósr̥ — spring.

verão (Portuguese): summer

Definitions

  1. summer

Ancestry of “verão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseverãospring, or spring and the early part of the...
2Vulgar Latinveranumsummer
3Latinvērspring
4Latinveror
5Proto-Italicwezorspring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwósr̥spring

Words derived from “verão

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wósr̥Every word from Proto-Italic wezorEvery word from Latin veror