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Where does “fevereiru” come from?

fevereiru (Tetum) comes from Portuguese fevereiro, from Old Portuguese fevreyro, from Late Latin febrarius, from Latin Februārius, from Latin Fēbrua, from Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰris — to burn; warm, hot.

fevereiru (Tetum): February

Definitions

  1. February

Ancestry of “fevereiru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesefevereiroFebruary
2Old PortuguesefevreyroFebruary
3Late Latinfebrarius—
4LatinFebruārius—
5LatinFēbrua—
6Latinfebrisfever
7Proto-Italic*feɣʷris—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰris—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
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