Where does “augurar” come from?
augurar (Venetian) comes from Latin auguro, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
augurar (Venetian): to wish/hope for
Definitions
- to wish/hope for
Ancestry of “augurar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | auguro | I predict, foretell, forebode; I conjecture,... |
| 2 | Latin | augur | augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 3 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |