Where does “sambodromo” come from?
sambodromo (Italian) comes from Portuguese sambódromo, from Portuguese -dromo, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
sambodromo (Italian): sambadrome
Definitions
- sambadrome
Ancestry of “sambodromo”, step by step
sambodromo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese sambódromo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | sambódromo | sambadrome |
| 2 | Portuguese | -dromo | -drome |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |