Where does “calma aí” come from?
calma aí (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese aí, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
calma aí (Portuguese): wait; calm yourself
Definitions
- wait; calm yourself
Ancestry of “calma aí”, step by step
calma aí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese aí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | aí | there; towards the second person; then |
| 2 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Portuguese calma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | calma | calm; tranquility; heat produced by the sun |
| 2 | Late Latin | cauma | heat of the midday sun; heat; heat of the day |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | καῦμα | burning, glow, heat; fever; holes cut by cautery |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | καίω | I light, kindle, set on fire; I burn, burn up; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *káyyō | — |