Where does “borderlindo” come from?
borderlindo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese borderline, from English borderline, from English line, from Middle English line, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną — flax.
borderlindo (Portuguese): a beautiful but crazy person
Definitions
- a beautiful but crazy person
Ancestry of “borderlindo”, step by step
borderlindo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese borderline
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | borderline | borderline |
| 2 | English | borderline | nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a... |
| 3 | English | line | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight |
| 4 | Middle English | line | rope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,... |
| 5 | Old English | līne | line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *līnā | line, chord, rope, string |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līnǭ | that which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | līną | flax |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līno- | flax |
via Portuguese lindo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | lindo | beautiful; gorgeous; beauty |
| 2 | Spanish | lindo | pretty; cute |
| 3 | Old Spanish | lindo | legitimate |
| 4 | Latin | lēgitimus | lawful, legal, legitimate |
| 5 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |