Where does “Ptolemeu” come from?

Ptolemeu (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin Ptolemeus, from Latin Ptolemaeus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ptolemeu (Portuguese): Ptolemy Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt

Definitions

  1. Ptolemy Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt

Ancestry of “Ptolemeu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatinPtolemeus—
2LatinPtolemaeusPtolemy
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin Ptolemaeus →