arvor

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

arvol
arvore

Etymology

From Latin arbor, arborem (“tree”), from Latin arbōs, arbōsis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (“high, to grow”).

Cognate with Old Spanish arbor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.βoɾ/

Noun

arvor f

tree
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, 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
- Kabuverdianu: árvi, árvri

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