Where does “batata-doce” come from?

batata-doce (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Doce, from Portuguese -ar, from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

batata-doce (Portuguese): sweet potato

Definitions

  1. sweet potato

Ancestry of “batata-doce”, step by step

batata-doce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Doce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseDocesweet, sugary
2Portuguese-arforms the impersonal infinitive of...
3Old Portuguese-ar—
4Latin-arepresent active infinitive of -ō; -āre;...
5Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
6Proto-Italic-ōd—
7Proto-Indo-European-éad—

via Portuguese batata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebatatapotato
2Spanishbatatasweet potato
3Taínobatatasweet potato

Words derived from “batata-doce”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →Every word from Portuguese -ar →Every word from Latin -o →