Where does “arqueiro” come from?
arqueiro (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese arqueiro, from Late Latin arcarius, from Latin arcuarius, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium, from Proto-Indo-European sodyom, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.
arqueiro (Portuguese): archer; bowman; archer; goalkeeper
Definitions
- archer; bowman; archer; goalkeeper
Ancestry of “arqueiro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | arqueiro | archer; bowman |
| 2 | Late Latin | arcarius | cash, treasury |
| 3 | Latin | arcuarius | bow |
| 4 | Latin | arcus | arc, arch; bow; rainbow |
| 5 | Latin | solium | seat, chair; throne, chair of state, official... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sodyom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |