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Where does “aleitar” come from?

aleitar (Portuguese) comes from Latin allactō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

aleitar (Portuguese): to breastfeed; to nurse, give suck

Definitions

  1. to breastfeed; to nurse, give suck

Ancestry of “aleitar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinallactō—
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “aleitar”

  • aleitamento
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →