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Where does “abendiçoar” come from?

abendiçoar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese bendição, from Portuguese bendizer, from Portuguese -ção, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Ancestry of “abendiçoar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebendiçãoblessing
2Portuguesebendizerto bless
3Portuguese-ção-tion
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “abendiçoar”

  • abençoado
  • abençoar
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