Surname
Alcobre
“bow; arrow”
Alcobre is a surname from Celtic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Galician.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alcobre goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo-, meaning “bow; arrow.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Alcobre comes from Celtic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow; arrow”); its root is Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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