Where does “aproveitar” come from?

aproveitar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese proveito, from Old Portuguese proveito, from Latin profectus, from Latin proficiscor, from Latin proficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.

aproveitar (Portuguese): to take, appropriate; to avail, to seize;...

Definitions

  1. to take, appropriate; to avail, to seize;...

Ancestry of “aproveitar”, step by step

aproveitar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese proveito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseproveitoadvantage; benefit; utility
2Old Portugueseproveito
3Latinprofectusadvance, progress, effect, increase, growth,...
4LatinproficiscorI set out, depart, leave
5LatinproficioI advance, make progress, make headway; I...
6Latinfaciōto do
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōriusory
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Portuguese a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseaAlternative spelling of á; feminine singular of...
2LatinAdtoward, to
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Portuguese Ar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseArair
2Old Portugueseaire
3Latinaerair; the lower atmosphere
4Ancient Greekἀήρmist; air; wind
5Ancient Greekauhḗr

Words derived from “aproveitar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor