Surname · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Bóveda
“to dwell, reside, build”
Bóveda is a surname from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Galician.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bóveda goes back to Proto-Germanic *būaną, meaning “to dwell, reside, build.”
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Where it comes from
Bóveda comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese boveda, from Proto-Germanic *būaną (“to dwell, reside, build”).
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