Where does “atiçar” come from?

atiçar (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin attitiare, from Latin titio, from Proto-Italic tītjō, from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- — to become hot, melt "or" to end.

atiçar (Portuguese): to stir, poke; to incite, provoke

Definitions

  1. to stir, poke; to incite, provoke

Ancestry of “atiçar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinattitiarepresent active infinitive of *attītiō
2Latintitiofirebrand
3Proto-Italictītjōheating
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteih₁-to become hot, melt "or" to end
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic tītjō →Every word from Latin titio →