Etymology Explorer › Portuguese

Where does “alça” come from?

alça (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese alçar, from Portuguese -ar, from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

alça (Portuguese): a semicircular handle, such as the bail of a...

Definitions

  1. a semicircular handle, such as the bail of a...

Ancestry of “alça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesealçarto lift; to raise; to build; to erect a...
2Portuguese-arforms the impersonal infinitive of...
3Old Portuguese-ar—
4Latin-arepresent active infinitive of -ō; -āre;...
5Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
6Proto-Italic-ōd—
7Proto-Indo-European-éad—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →