Where does “almoçar” come from?
almoçar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese almoço, from Old Portuguese almorço, from Vulgar Latin admordium, from Latin admordere, from Latin admordeo, from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.
almoçar (Portuguese): to have lunch; to eat for lunch
Definitions
- to have lunch; to eat for lunch
Ancestry of “almoçar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | almoço | lunch |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | almorço | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | admordium | breakfast |
| 4 | Latin | admordere | present active infinitive of admordeō;... |
| 5 | Latin | admordeo | I bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of... |
| 6 | Latin | mordeō | to bite (into); nibble, gnaw |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | mordeō | to bite |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |