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Where does “bisperas” come from?

bisperas (Tagalog) comes from Spanish vísperas, from Old Spanish viésperas, from Latin vespera, from Latin vesper, from Proto-Italic *wesperos, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

bisperas (Tagalog): eve; the day before a holiday, especially...

Definitions

  1. eve; the day before a holiday, especially...

Ancestry of “bisperas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvísperasplural of víspera; vespers
2Old Spanishviésperas—
3Latinvesperaevening, eventide
4Latinvesperthe evening or vespers; supper, dinner; the...
5Proto-Italic*wesperos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—
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