Given name & surname
Azevedo
“holly”
Azevedo is a surname from Old Galician-Portuguese. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Azevedo goes back to Old Galician-Portuguese *azevo, meaning “holly.”
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Where it comes from
Azevedo comes from Old Galician-Portuguese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese *azevedo, from Old Galician-Portuguese *azevo (“holly”).
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Azevedo’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Azevedo as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form ACEVEDO. In Portuguese usage, Azevedo has a later derivative in ACEVEDO.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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