Where does “agudizamento” come from?
agudizamento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese agudizar, from Portuguese Agudo, from Old Portuguese agudo, from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō, from Latin acus, from Proto-Italic akus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱus — sharp.
agudizamento (Portuguese): worsening
Definitions
- worsening
Ancestry of “agudizamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | agudizar | to sharpen |
| 2 | Portuguese | Agudo | acute |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | agudo | — |
| 4 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 5 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 6 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |