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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pollicaris | of a thumb |
| 2 | Latin | pollex | thumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent... |
Words derived from “polegar”