Where does “acusa-pilatos” come from?

acusa-pilatos (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese acusar, from Old Portuguese acusar, from Latin accūsō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

acusa-pilatos (Portuguese): denunciator

Definitions

  1. denunciator

Ancestry of “acusa-pilatos”, step by step

acusa-pilatos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese acusar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseacusarto accuse
2Old Portugueseacusar
3Latinaccūsōto blame, reproach, make a complaint against, find fault with
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Portuguese Pilatos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesePilatosPilate Roman prefect who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-
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