Where does “chaleira elétrica” come from?

chaleira elétrica (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese chaleira, from Portuguese chá, from Old Portuguese chãa, from Latin plāna, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.

chaleira elétrica (Portuguese): electric kettle

Definitions

  1. electric kettle

Ancestry of “chaleira elétrica”, step by step

chaleira elétrica traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese chaleira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesechaleirakettle; teakettle vessel for boiling a liquid
2Portuguesechátea plant; tea; a late afternoon meal
3Old Portuguesechãa
4Latinplānasmoothing plane
5Latinplānuslevel, flat, even
6Ancient Greekπλάνοςwandering
7Ancient Greekπλανάωto make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl-néh₂-ti

via Portuguese elétrica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseelétrica
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-tiEvery word from Ancient Greek πλανάωEvery word from Ancient Greek πλάνος