Where does “arregão” come from?
arregão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese arregar, from Portuguese arrego, from Spanish arreglo, from English array, from Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier, from Latin arrēdō, from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
arregão (Portuguese): coward, chicken
Definitions
- coward, chicken
Ancestry of “arregão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | arregar | to cower |
| 2 | Portuguese | arrego | act of giving up |
| 3 | Spanish | arreglo | adjustment; arrangement; compromise |
| 4 | English | array | Clothing and ornamentation; A collection laid out... |
| 5 | Middle English | arrayen | — |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | arraier | — |
| 7 | Latin | arrēdō | To advise |
| 8 | Gothic | 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 | appointed, ordained |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | garaidaz | ready, arranged, prepared |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |