Etymology Explorer › Old Portuguese

Where does “geito” come from?

geito (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin iectus, from Latin iactus, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “geito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latiniectus—
2Latiniactusthrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...
3Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
4Latiniaceō—
5Latin-eō—
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “geito”

  • jeitinho
  • desajeitado
  • jeito
  • desajeitar
  • ajeitar
  • jeitoso
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →