arvor

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• arvol, arvore

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-

Proto-Italic *arðōs

Old Latin arbos

Latin arbor

Latin -em

Latin arborem

Old Galician-Portuguese arvor

From Latin arbor (“tree”). Cognate with Old Spanish arbor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.βoɾ/

Noun

arvor f (plural arvors)

1. tree
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 411 (facsimile):

     yſaya […] diſſe que aruor ſayria ben da rayz de ieſſe.

     Isaiah […] said that a tree would spring from the root of Jesse.

Descendants

• Fala: árboli
• Galician: árbore
• Portuguese: árvore (see there for further descendants)