Where does “limpa” come from?
limpa (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese limpar, from Portuguese -ar, from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.
limpa (Guinea-Bissau Creole): to wipe; to clean
Ancestry of “limpa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | limpar | to clean; to remove all contents from a location... |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ar | forms the impersonal infinitive of... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -ar | — |
| 4 | Latin | -are | present active infinitive of -ō; -āre;... |
| 5 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |