Where does “agiotar” come from?
agiotar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese agiota, from Portuguese agiotagem, from French agiotage, from French agioter, from French agio, from Italian aggio, from Old Occitan aize, from Latin adiacēns — in.
agiotar (Portuguese): to practice moneylending abusively
Definitions
- to practice moneylending abusively
Ancestry of “agiotar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | agiota | moneylender |
| 2 | Portuguese | agiotagem | moneylending |
| 3 | French | agiotage | agiotage; speculation |
| 4 | French | agioter | to speculate |
| 5 | French | agio | exchange premium, agio |
| 6 | Italian | aggio | premium |
| 7 | Old Occitan | aize | ease |
| 8 | Latin | adiacēns | adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring |
| 9 | Latin | adiaceo | I lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent... |
| 10 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |