Where does “bem-vestido” come from?
bem-vestido (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese vestido, from Old Portuguese vestido, from Latin vestītus, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.
bem-vestido (Portuguese): well-dressed
Definitions
- well-dressed
Ancestry of “bem-vestido”, step by step
bem-vestido traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese vestido
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | vestido | dressed; clothed; dress; garment |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | vestido | — |
| 3 | Latin | vestītus | clothed, clad, dressed, having been clothed |
| 4 | Latin | vestiō | to clothe, dress |
| 5 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 6 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 7 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Portuguese bem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | bem | well; accurately; competently; well; fairly;... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | ben | well |
| 3 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 4 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 5 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |