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Where does “limpiavidrios” come from?

limpiavidrios (Spanish) comes from Spanish vidrio, 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;...

limpiavidrios (Spanish): window-cleaning liquid

Definitions

  1. window-cleaning liquid

Ancestry of “limpiavidrios”, step by step

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