Where does “rebaixador” come from?
rebaixador (Catalan) comes from Catalan rebaixar, from Catalan re, from Latin rem, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
rebaixador (Catalan): reducing, thinning
Definitions
- reducing, thinning
Ancestry of “rebaixador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | rebaixar | to lower |
| 2 | Catalan | re | Alternative form of res; re |
| 3 | Latin | rem | accusative singular of rēs |
| 4 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 5 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 6 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 7 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |