avo

avo (plural avos)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.

Clipping of avocado.

avo (plural avos)

1. (informal) Clipping of avocado.
   • 2007, Ken Albertsen, Farmsteading in Thailand (page 68)

     Given the challenges of trying to propagate avocados, one might wonder why we don't simply get hold of seeds and/or nursery starts and go that route – especially since avos tend to grow somewhat 'true to seed.'

• OAV, OVA, VOA, ova

From Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os.

• IPA^(key): /ˈavo/
• Rhymes: -avo

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avo (accusative singular avon, plural avoj, accusative plural avojn)

1. grandfather

   Mia avo estas la patro de mia patro. ― My grandfather is the father of my father.

2. (nonstandard) grandparent (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

• Avo Frosto

Borrowed from Esperanto avo (“grandfather, grandparent”), Italian avo, Spanish abuelo and French aïeul, from Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈavo/

avo (plural avi)

1. grandparent

From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.vo/

avo m (plural avi, feminine ava)

1. ancestor, forefather

   Synonyms: antenato, ascendente

• avito

avō

1. dative singular of avus
2. ablative singular of avus

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.

avo 

1. high
2. lofty, eminent