Where does “principalmente” come from?

principalmente (Galician) comes from Galician -mente, from Old Portuguese -mente.

principalmente (Galician): mainly; principally

Definitions

  1. mainly; principally

Ancestry of “principalmente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galician-mente-ly
2Old Portuguese-mente—
Every word from Old Portuguese -mente →Every word from Galician -mente →