Where does “Peró” come from?
Peró (Karirí) comes from Old Tupi peró, from Portuguese pero, from Old Portuguese pero, from Latin per hoc, from Latin hōc, from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Ancestry of “Peró”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Tupi | peró | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | pero | but; even if |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | pero | — |
| 4 | Latin | per hoc | by this |
| 5 | Latin | hōc | for this reason, because of this |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |