English Explanatory Dictionary

Borvo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Celtic god of healing associated with hot springs.

Word forms

Borvo Bormo

Etymology

From Latin attestation of the Gaulish and Lusitanian deity, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”).

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