Where does “porvenir” come from?
porvenir (Chavacano) comes from Spanish porvenir, from Spanish por, from Old Spanish por, from Vulgar Latin por, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
porvenir (Chavacano): future
Definitions
- future
Ancestry of “porvenir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | porvenir | future goodness in what is yet to come; something to look forward to |
| 2 | Spanish | por | by; for; through, out, via |
| 3 | Old Spanish | por | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | por | for |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |