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Where does “avenida” come from?

avenida (Spanish) comes from French avenue, from Old French avenue, from Old French avenir, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

avenida (Spanish): avenue; flood

Definitions

  1. avenue; flood

Ancestry of “avenida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavenueavenue; a radial avenue; feminine singular of...
2Old Frenchavenue—
3Old Frenchavenirto happen
4Latinadveniō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “avenida”

  • avenida
  • avenida
  • abenida
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →