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Where does “relevo” come from?

relevo (Spanish) comes from Spanish relevar, from Latin relevō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

relevo (Spanish): relief; relay; changeover

Definitions

  1. relief; relay; changeover

Ancestry of “relevo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishrelevarto take over for
2Latinrelevō—
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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