Po
FromItalianPo, fromLatinPadus.
Po
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Short forPopo, a 17th-century reduplication of the first syllable ofPodex, fromLatinpodex.
Po m (strong,genitivePos,pluralPos)
der Po m (proper noun,strong,usually definite,definite genitivedesPoordesPos)
Ultimately fromLatinPadus, perhaps borrowed in this form from someGallo-Italic variety to judge by the loss of /-d-/. On the other hand, should one assume that said loss occurred (irregularly) in Tuscany, the sound-changes from that point onward would be fairly straightforward: /ˈpa.o/ > /ˈpaw/ > /ˈpɔ/.
Po m
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Po (Baybayin spellingᜉᜓ)
