Where does “alfamosaico” come from?
alfamosaico (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese mosaico, from French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Latin musaicum, from Latin musivum, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
alfamosaico (Portuguese): alphamosaic
Definitions
- alphamosaic
Ancestry of “alfamosaico”, step by step
alfamosaico traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese mosaico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mosaico | mosaic; Mosaic |
| 2 | French | mosaïque | mosaic; related to Moses |
| 3 | Italian | mosaico | mosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;... |
| 4 | Latin | musaicum | — |
| 5 | Latin | musivum | mosaic |
| 6 | Latin | mūsēum | a place or temple devoted to the Muses |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μουσεῖον | a home of music poetry; a museum, a... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μοῦσα | Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,... |
via Portuguese alfabético
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | alfabético | alphabetical |
| 2 | Portuguese | alfabeto | alphabet |
| 3 | Latin | alphabētum | alphabet |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | ἀλφάβητον | accusative singular of ἀλφάβητος; alphabet |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀλφάβητος | alphabet |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄλφα | alpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the... |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤀𐤋𐤐 | thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle |
| 8 | Proto-Semitic | *ʔalp- | thousand |