Where does “mosindadi” come from?

mosindadi (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese mocidade, from Portuguese -idade, from Old Portuguese -idade, from Latin -itas, from Proto-Indo-European -it-.

mosindadi (Kabuverdianu): youth

Definitions

  1. youth

Ancestry of “mosindadi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemocidadeyouth
2Portuguese-idadeforms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the...
3Old Portuguese-idade—
4Latin-itasAlternative form of -tās; accusative plural of...
5Proto-Indo-European-it-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -it- →Every word from Portuguese -idade →Every word from Latin -itas →