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Where does “mudar” come from?

mudar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin mutare, from Latin muto, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “mudar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmutarepresent active infinitive of mūtō; second-person...
2LatinmutoI move, remove; I alter, change, modify,...
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “mudar”

  • antimudança
  • muda
  • mudar
  • mudança
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →