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Where does “céfiro” come from?

céfiro (Spanish) comes from Latin Zephyrus, from Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος — Zephyrus, the west wind; westerly wind; west wind.

céfiro (Spanish): zephyr

Definitions

  1. zephyr

Ancestry of “céfiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinZephyruspersonification of the west wind
2Ancient GreekΖέφυροςZephyrus, the west wind; westerly wind; west wind
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