Where does “apea” come from?

apea (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese apear, from Portuguese Pé, from Old Portuguese pee, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

apea (Portuguese): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “apea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseapearto dismount; to alight; to humiliate
2Portuguesefoot, part of the human body
3Old Portuguesepeefoot
4Latinpēsa foot, in its senses as
5Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
6Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
9Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗrEvery word from Ancient Greek -τρονEvery word from Ancient Greek μέτρον