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Where does “Agosto” come from?

Agosto (Tagalog) comes from Spanish agosto, from Vulgar Latin agustus, from Latin Augustus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.

Ancestry of “Agosto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishagostoAugust
2Vulgar Latinagustus—
3LatinAugustusvenerable
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—
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