Where does “aprimoramento” come from?
aprimoramento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese aprimorar, from Portuguese primor, from Latin primoris, from Latin prīmus, from Latin prīsmos, from Proto-Italic priisemos, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
aprimoramento (Portuguese): improvement; upgrade
Definitions
- improvement; upgrade
Ancestry of “aprimoramento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | aprimorar | to improve, to better |
| 2 | Portuguese | primor | finesse, perfection, excellence, delicacy |
| 3 | Latin | primoris | first, foremost, closest to the front; earliest;... |
| 4 | Latin | prīmus | — |
| 5 | Latin | prīsmos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | priisemos | foremost, first |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |