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Where does “vidrar” come from?

vidrar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Vidro, from Old Portuguese vidro, from Latin vitrum, from Proto-Italic wedrom, from Proto-Indo-European wedro-, from Proto-Indo-European wed-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

vidrar (Portuguese): to glass; to glaze; to glaze; to become obsessed

Definitions

  1. to glass; to glaze; to glaze; to become obsessed

Ancestry of “vidrar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseVidro—
2Old Portuguesevidro—
3Latinvitrumglass; a woad; a plant used for dying blue; woad;...
4Proto-Italicwedromglass
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwedro-water-like
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwed-water
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
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