Where does “alastrim” come from?
alastrim (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese alastrar, from Spanish lastrar, from Spanish -ar, from Old Spanish -ar, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
alastrim (Portuguese): alastrim milder variant of smallpox
Definitions
- alastrim milder variant of smallpox
Ancestry of “alastrim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | alastrar | to ballast; to load a ship with ballast, so that... |
| 2 | Spanish | lastrar | to ballast; to burden, weigh down |
| 3 | Spanish | -ar | In adjectives, indicating membership or status;... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -ar | indicates membership or status |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |