Where does “apelão” come from?

apelão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese apelar, from Latin appellō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

apelão (Portuguese): broken overly powerful

Definitions

  1. broken overly powerful

Ancestry of “apelão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseapelarto appeal
2Latinappellōto drive or move to
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →