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Where does “vieira” come from?

vieira (Spanish) comes from Galician vieira, from Old Portuguese vẽeyra, from Medieval Latin conchula, from Latin veneria, from Latin venus, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

vieira (Spanish): scallop

Definitions

  1. scallop

Ancestry of “vieira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianvieiragreat scallop, St James shell
2Old Portuguesevẽeyra—
3Medieval Latinconchula—
4Latinveneria—
5Latinvenussale, purchase
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love
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