Where does “polegar” come from?

polegar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin pollicaris, from Latin pollex — thumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

Ancestry of “polegar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpollicarisof a thumb
2Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...
Every word from Latin pollex →Every word from Latin pollicaris →