Where does “huir” come from?
huir (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish fuir, from Vulgar Latin fugire, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic fugiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewg- — to flee; to enjoy, benefit.
huir (Spanish): to escape; to avoid; to flee, to run away
Definitions
- to escape; to avoid; to flee, to run away
Ancestry of “huir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | fuir | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fugire | — |
| 3 | Latin | fugere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | fugiō | to flee |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewg- | to flee; to enjoy, benefit |
Words derived from “huir”