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Where does “étimo” come from?

étimo (Portuguese) comes from Latin etymon, from Ancient Greek ἔτυμον, from Ancient Greek ἔτυμος, from Ancient Greek ἐτεός, from Proto-Indo-European set- — stable, true.

étimo (Portuguese): etymon

Definitions

  1. etymon

Ancestry of “étimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinetymonetymon
2Ancient Greekἔτυμονthe true sense of a word according to its...
3Ancient Greekἔτυμοςtrue, real, sure
4Ancient Greekἐτεόςin accordance with reality or one's feelings:...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanset-stable, true
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