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Where does “nuestro” come from?

nuestro (Spanish) comes from Latin noster, from Proto-Italic nosteros, from Proto-Indo-European nos, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

nuestro (Spanish): ours; our, ours, to us

Definitions

  1. ours; our, ours, to us

Ancestry of “nuestro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnosterour, ours
2Proto-Italicnosterosour
3Proto-Indo-Europeannos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
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