Where does “famĩento” come from?
famĩento (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin faminentus, from Latin famēs, from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- — to disappear.
Ancestry of “famĩento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | faminentus | — |
| 2 | Latin | famēs | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰH- | to disappear |