Etymology

huevo

hue·vo
H4U1E1V4O1

Today it means: An egg. Full definition →

Spanish huevo ← Old Spanish hueuo ← Vulgar Latin *ŏvum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwis
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ōwyóm
  4. Proto-Italic*ōw(j)om
  5. Classical Latinōvum
  6. Vulgar Latin*ŏvum
  7. Old Spanishhueuo
  8. Spanishhuevo
  9. English todayhuevo

Borrowed from Spanish huevo (“egg; testicle”). Doublet of egg, ey, oeuf, and ovum.

Words from the same roots

Spanishhuevo all →

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