Etymology

From Old Portuguese arvor, from Latin arbor, arborem, from Latin arbōs, arbōsis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erHdʰ- ‎(“high, to grow”).

Cognate with Galician árbore, Spanish árbol, Catalan arbre, Occitan arbre, French arbre, Italian albero and Romanian arbore.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.vu.ɾɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.vo.ɾi/, /ˈaɾ.vo.ɾi/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈaɹ.vo.ɾi/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaɦ.vo.ɾi/, /ˈaɦ.vu.ɾi/
• Hyphenation: ár‧vo‧re