Where does “acendedor” come from?
acendedor (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese acender, from Old Portuguese acender, from Latin accendere, from Latin accendo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
acendedor (Portuguese): lighter
Definitions
- lighter
Ancestry of “acendedor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | acender | to light; to light up; to catch fire; to turn on |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | acender | to light a fire |
| 3 | Latin | accendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | accendo | I kindle or light; I inflame or arouse |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |