rio
Portuguese
/ˈʁi.u/, /ʁiw/, /ˈʁi.u/
noun
Definitions
- river large body of flowing water
- (figuratively) a large amount of anything
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese rio (river) inherited from Latin rius, rīvus (small stream, brook, a small stream, stream) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃rih₂wós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Rio Arriba County English
- Rio Dell English
- *rivuscellus, *r(iv)uscellus Latin
- rius Latin
- rīvus Latin
- rio Italian
- rivo Italian
- ru French
- Амазония Russian
- andarríos Spanish, Castilian
- riada Spanish, Castilian
- río Spanish, Castilian
- *h₃rih₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- riacho Portuguese
- ru Old French
- riu Catalan, Valencian
- riuada Catalan, Valencian
- riádego Galician
- río Galician
- râu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- înrâuri Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- rio Old Portuguese
- arãu Aromanian
- riu Occitan
- ríu Asturian
- riu Old Occitan
- riu Papiamentu
- rio Ladino
- Rio Hunsrik
- riu Guinea-Bissau Creole
- riu Mirandese
- riu Extremaduran