Where does “atropelamento” come from?
atropelamento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese atropelar, from Portuguese tropel, from Spanish tropel, from Spanish tropa, from French troupe, from French troupeau, from Middle French trope, from Old French trope — settlement, dwelling; to build, dwell.
atropelamento (Portuguese): vehicle collision; act or instance of running over (particularly humans and other animals)
Definitions
- vehicle collision; act or instance of running over (particularly humans and other animals)
Ancestry of “atropelamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | atropelar | to hit an obstacle while moving; to spray... |
| 2 | Portuguese | tropel | swarm |
| 3 | Spanish | tropel | swarm; mob, crowd, droves; squad, troop |
| 4 | Spanish | tropa | troop, crowd; army, troop; flock, herd |
| 5 | French | troupe | troop |
| 6 | French | troupeau | herd (of horses, bulls, elephants, buffalo etc.) |
| 7 | Middle French | trope | — |
| 8 | Old French | trope | band, company, troop |
| 9 | Medieval Latin | troppus | flock; herd, flock |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þurpą | village, rural settlement; gathering of people;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | treb- | settlement, dwelling; to build, dwell |