Where does “atentado” come from?
atentado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese atentar, from Portuguese Atento, from Latin attentus, from Latin attineo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
atentado (Portuguese): outrage, violent offence
Definitions
- outrage, violent offence
Ancestry of “atentado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | atentar | to commit or attempt to commit a crime motivated... |
| 2 | Portuguese | Atento | attentive |
| 3 | Latin | attentus | detained, delayed; preserved, guarded; attentive,... |
| 4 | Latin | attineo | I bring or hold to or near; I hold fast, keep,... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |