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

gayness, homosexuality

Ancestry of “24”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	veado	deer; male homosexual
2	Old Portuguese	vẽado	—
3	Latin	vēnātus	having hunted
4	Latin	-tus	Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5	Proto-Italic	-tus	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-tus	Derives action nouns from verb roots

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin vēnātus →