boira

Catalan

noun

Definitions

fog
mist

Etymology

Inherited from Latin boreās (northern wind, north wind) derived from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (personification of the north wind, north wind).

Origin

Ancient Greek

Βορέᾱς

Gloss

personification of the north wind, north wind

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Boreas English
boreas English
boreas Latin
boreus Latin
boreālis Latin
boreās Latin
burrasca Italian
Βορέᾱς Ancient Greek
*buřa Proto-Slavic
boirós Catalan, Valencian
boira Galician
bură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Bora Turkish
ბორია Mingrelian

boirós