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Where does “aleijamento” come from?

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

aleijamento (Portuguese): an instance of crippling someone

Definitions

  1. an instance of crippling someone

Ancestry of “aleijamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesealeijarto disable; to hurt; to get hurt
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 →