Where does “virilitat” come from?
virilitat (Catalan) comes from Latin virīlitās, from Latin virilis, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
virilitat (Catalan): virility
Definitions
- virility
Ancestry of “virilitat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | virīlitās | (the age of) manhood |
| 2 | Latin | virilis | manly, masculine, virile; mature |
| 3 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |