Where does “alavanca” come from?
alavanca (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese alar, from Italian alare, from French hâler, from Middle French haler, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen, from Old Dutch halōn — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
alavanca (Portuguese): lever
Definitions
- lever
Ancestry of “alavanca”, step by step
alavanca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese alar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | alar | alar; to give wings; to haul |
| 2 | Italian | alare | wing; alar; firedog |
| 3 | French | hâler | to tan; to catch a tan, to get a tan; to sunbathe |
| 4 | Middle French | haler | — |
| 5 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 6 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 8 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |
via Portuguese pança
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pança | paunch |
| 2 | Portuguese | palanca | stake; lever; a rampart with palisades or stakes |
| 3 | Spanish | palanca | lever; leverage, influence; joystick |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | palanca | slat, plank or stake; palanka, a palisaded... |
| 5 | Latin | phalanga | wooden roller; carrying pole; alternative form of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φάλαγξ | line of battle, battle-array; ranks of an army;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵ- | to balk, beam |