Where does “mendigar” come from?
mendigar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin mendicare, from Latin mendico, from Latin mendicus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “mendigar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mendicare | present active infinitive of mendīcō;... |
| 2 | Latin | mendico | I beg, ask for alms |
| 3 | Latin | mendicus | beggarly, needy, indigent |
| 4 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |