avô
Meaning
grandfather, male grandparent
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧vô
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈvo/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese avoo, from Vulgar Latin *av(i)olum, ultimately from Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather”).
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