avo

Italian (Fiorentino)

noun
Definitions
  • ancestor, forefather

Etymology

Inherited from Latin avus (grandfather, ancestor, old man) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (grandfather, maternal uncle, maternal grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father, descendant, maternal grandfather uncle, relative).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂éwh₂os

Gloss

grandfather, maternal uncle, maternal grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father, descendant, maternal grandfather uncle, relative

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms