Where does “24” come from?

24 (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese veado, from Old Portuguese vẽado, from Latin vēnātus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

24 (Portuguese): gayness, homosexuality

Definitions

  1. gayness, homosexuality

Ancestry of “24”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseveadodeer; male homosexual
2Old Portuguesevẽado—
3Latinvēnātushaving hunted
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin vēnātus →