membro

Portuguese

/ˈmẽ.bɾu/, /ˈmẽ.bɾo/

noun

Definitions

member (one who officially belongs to a group)
member; limb
each part of a whole
(colloquial) member; penis
(grammar) each element of a sentence

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese membro borrowed from Latin membrum (limb, member, penis, organ, body part) derived from Proto-Indo-European *memso-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*memso-

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

membratim Latin
membrum Latin
membro Italian
membre French
miembro Spanish, Castilian
*memso- Proto-Indo-European
*mḗms, *mēms-rom Proto-Indo-European
membre Old French
membre Catalan, Valencian
membrum puerile Translingual
membro Old Portuguese
membre Occitan
*memzrom Proto-Italic
miembru Asturian