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Where does “carpideira” come from?

carpideira (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Carpir, from Old Portuguese carpir, from Latin carpō, from Proto-Italic karpō, from Proto-Indo-European kerp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

carpideira (Portuguese): a professional mourner, a moirologist

Definitions

  1. a professional mourner, a moirologist

Ancestry of “carpideira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseCarpir—
2Old Portuguesecarpir—
3Latincarpō—
4Proto-Italickarpō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankerp-to pluck, harvest
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
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