olho.
eye
Meaning & usage
eye
eye, center (of a storm, etc.)
a hole in cheese, bread or similar items
ellipsis of olho-d'água (“spring, source”)
bud, shoot (newly formed leaf or flower)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Classical Latin oculus Vulgar Latin oclus Vulgar Latin oclum Old Galician-Portuguese olho Portuguese olho Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese olho, from Vulgar Latin oclum, from Latin oculum (“eye”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Doublet of óculo, a borrowing. Compare Galician ollo, Spanish ojo, French œil and Italian occhio.
first-person singular present indicative of olhar
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