Where does “bioengenheiro” come from?
bioengenheiro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese engenheiro, from Portuguese engenho, from Old Portuguese engenno, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
bioengenheiro (Portuguese): bioengineer
Definitions
- bioengineer
Ancestry of “bioengenheiro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | engenheiro | engineer |
| 2 | Portuguese | engenho | ingenuity; astuteness; machine |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | engenno | — |
| 4 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 5 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |