Where does “sinzentu” come from?
sinzentu (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese cinzento, from Portuguese -ento, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.
sinzentu (Kabuverdianu): grey
Definitions
- grey
Ancestry of “sinzentu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cinzento | grey; melancholic |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ento | -y; having a certain quality |
| 3 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 4 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 5 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |