Where does “almusá” come from?
almusá (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese almoçar, from Portuguese almoço, from Old Portuguese almorço, from Vulgar Latin admordium, from Latin admordere, from Latin admordeo, from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō — to bite, to sting.
almusá (Kabuverdianu): to lunch
Definitions
- to lunch
Ancestry of “almusá”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | almoçar | to have lunch; to eat for lunch |
| 2 | Portuguese | almoço | lunch |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | almorço | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | admordium | breakfast |
| 5 | Latin | admordere | present active infinitive of admordeō;... |
| 6 | Latin | admordeo | I bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of... |
| 7 | Latin | mordeō | to bite (into); nibble, gnaw |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | mordeō | to bite |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |