Etymology Explorer › Portuguese

Where does “andaime” come from?

andaime (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese andar, from Old Portuguese andar, from Vulgar Latin and(i)tare, from Latin ambitare, from Latin adito, from Latin adeō, from Interlingua deo, from French Dieu — to be bright; sky, heaven.

andaime (Portuguese): scaffold

Definitions

  1. scaffold

Ancestry of “andaime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseandarto walk; to ride; to take; to travel by; to...
2Old Portugueseandarto walk
3Vulgar Latinand(i)tareto go
4Latinambitarepresent active infinitive of *ambitō;...
5LatinaditoI go to or approach often; second-person singular...
6Latinadeō—
7Interlinguadeo—
8FrenchDieuGod; to God
9Middle FrenchDieu—
10Old FrenchdeüAlternative form of deu
11LatinDeusGod
12Latindẹ̄vos—
13Old Latindeivosgod, deity
14Proto-Italicdeiwosgod, deity
15Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
16Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →