rio
Italian (Fiorentino)
noun
Definitions
- brook, stream, streamlet
- in Venice A stretch of urban canal
Etymology
Inherited from Latin rius, rīvus (small stream, brook, a small stream, stream) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃rih₂wós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *rivuscellus, *r(iv)uscellus Latin
- reus Latin
- rius Latin
- rīvus Latin
- rivo Italian
- río Spanish, Castilian
- *h₃rih₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- riacho Portuguese
- rio Portuguese
- ru Old French
- râu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- rio Old Portuguese
- arãu Aromanian
- ríu Asturian
- riu Old Occitan
- riu Papiamentu
- ri Dalmatian
- rio Ladino
- Rio Hunsrik
- riu Guinea-Bissau Creole
- riu Mirandese
- riu Extremaduran