Where does “-ação” come from?
-ação (Portuguese) comes from Latin -atio, from Latin -tio, from Proto-Italic -tjō, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
-ação (Portuguese): -ation
Ancestry of “-ação”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | -atio | gradus + -ātiō → gradātiō; cor + -ātiō → *corātiō |
| 2 | Latin | -tio | -tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tjō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “-ação”