Where does “apetecível” come from?

apetecível (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese apetecer, from Latin appetescō, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

apetecível (Portuguese): appetible capable or worthy of being the object of desire

Definitions

  1. appetible capable or worthy of being the object of desire

Ancestry of “apetecível”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseapetecerto desire; to please; to be of interest
2Latinappetescō
3Latinappetōto strive for, reach after (something), try to get
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-