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Where does “veranico” come from?

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

veranico (Portuguese): Indian summer

Definitions

  1. Indian summer

Ancestry of “veranico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseverãosummer
2Old Portugueseverãospring, or spring and the early part of the...
3Vulgar Latinveranumsummer
4Latinvēr—
5Latinveror—
6Proto-Italicwezorspring
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwósr̥spring
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