Where does “rabiscâ” come from?
rabiscâ (Macanese) comes from Portuguese rabiscar, from Portuguese rabisco, from Portuguese risco, from Spanish risco, from Vulgar Latin *resecum, from Latin reseco, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
rabiscâ (Macanese): to write
Definitions
- to write
Ancestry of “rabiscâ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | rabiscar | to scrawl; to scribble write hastily or illegibly |
| 2 | Portuguese | rabisco | scrawl; scribble; doodle |
| 3 | Portuguese | risco | line; scratch; a draft of a blueprint |
| 4 | Spanish | risco | crack; cliff; crag |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *resecum | — |
| 6 | Latin | reseco | I cut off or loose; I curtail, stop; I check,... |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |