Where does “obrigado” come from?

obrigado (Galician) comes from Galician -ado, from Galician -ádego, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

obrigado (Galician): masculine singular past participle of obrigar;...

Definitions

  1. masculine singular past participle of obrigar;...

Ancestry of “obrigado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galician-ado—
2Galician-ádegoship; forms the office of the base word
3Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin -aticus →