Etymology

Douro

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Today it means: A river in northern Spain and Portugal. Full definition →

Portuguese Douro ← Old Galician-Portuguese Doiro ← Latin Durius
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*dubros“water”
  2. Latin · derived fromDurius
  3. Old Galician-Portuguese · derived fromDoiro
  4. Portuguese · borrowed fromDouro
  5. English todayDouro

Borrowed from Portuguese Douro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Doiro, from Latin Durius, possibly from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Celtic*dubros all →

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