Where does “atalho” come from?

atalho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese atalhar, from Old Portuguese atallar, from Catalan a-, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

atalho (Portuguese): shortcut, cutoff; shortcut; shortcut, keyboard...

Definitions

  1. shortcut, cutoff; shortcut; shortcut, keyboard...

Ancestry of “atalho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseatalharto shorten, abbreviate, summarize; to shortcut
2Old Portugueseatallar
3Catalana-a-; Used to make verbs from adjectives and nouns
4LatinAdtoward, to
5Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille