Where does “quebradizo” come from?
quebradizo (Galician) comes from Galician quebrar, from Old Portuguese quebrar, from Latin crepō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
quebradizo (Galician): brittle, crumbly, friable, fragile, delicate
Definitions
- brittle, crumbly, friable, fragile, delicate
Ancestry of “quebradizo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | quebrar | to break; first/third-person singular future... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | quebrar | — |
| 3 | Latin | crepō | to rattle, rustle, clatter |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |