Where does “algum” come from?
algum (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese algũu, from Vulgar Latin alicunus, from Latin aliquis, from Latin aliquo, from Latin quō, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque, from Latin cumque — whale, sea monster; abyss.
algum (Portuguese): some, any
Ancestry of “algum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | algũu | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | alicunus | some |
| 3 | Latin | aliquis | someone, something, anyone, anything; some, any |
| 4 | Latin | aliquo | — |
| 5 | Latin | quō | — |
| 6 | Latin | quī | — |
| 7 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 8 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |