Where does “creatura” come from?
creatura (Interlingua) comes from English creature, from English create, from Middle English createn, from Latin creātus, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
creatura (Interlingua): creature; created being
Definitions
- creature; created being
Ancestry of “creatura”, step by step
creatura traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English creature
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | creature | A living being; an animal; A human; A created... |
| 2 | English | create | To bring into existence |
| 3 | Middle English | createn | To make, invent, or create; To grant or bestow a... |
| 4 | Latin | creātus | created, having been created, made, having been made, produced, having been produced |
| 5 | Latin | creō | to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively) |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Portuguese criatura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | criatura | creature, beast; person |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | creatura | creature, living being; a newborn child |
via Italian creatura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | creatura | creature; an infant or small child; protege |