Where does “entrefebrado” come from?
entrefebrado (Galician) comes from Galician entre, from Galician entrar, from Old Portuguese entrar, from Latin intrare, from Latin intro, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
entrefebrado (Galician): streaky
Definitions
- streaky
Ancestry of “entrefebrado”, step by step
entrefebrado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician entre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | entre | between, among; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Galician | entrar | to enter; first/third-person singular future... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | entrar | — |
| 4 | Latin | intrare | present active infinitive of intrō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | intro | I enter, go into, penetrate; within |
| 6 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 7 | Latin | interus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |