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perigo

/peˈɾi.ɡu/ · noun

Meaning

  1. danger (exposure to liable harm)
  2. danger (an instance or cause of liable harm)
  3. first-person singular present indicative of perigar

Etymology / origin

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese perigoo, probably a semi-learned word from Latin perīculum (“danger”). Compare Galician perigo and Spanish peligro.

  1. peligro(Spanish)→
  2. perigo(Galician)→
  3. perīculum(la)→
  4. perigoo(Old Galician-Portuguese)→
  5. perigoo(Old Galician-Portuguese)→
  6. perigo (Portuguese)
  7. Relations: inh, inh, der, cog, cog

Related words

perigoo(Old Galician-Portuguese)perīculum(la)perigo(Galician)peligro(Spanish)

Descendant words

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