Where does “criar” come from?
criar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
criar (Old Portuguese): to raise
Ancestry of “criar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | creō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “criar”