Where does “chuviscante” come from?
chuviscante (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese chuviscar, from Portuguese chuvisco, from Portuguese chuva, from Old Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō.
chuviscante (Portuguese): drizzly where it is slightly raining
Definitions
- drizzly where it is slightly raining
Ancestry of “chuviscante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | chuviscar | to drizzle to rain lightly |
| 2 | Portuguese | chuvisco | drizzle |
| 3 | Portuguese | chuva | rain |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | chuvia | rain |
| 5 | Latin | pluvia | rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | pluvius | rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a... |
| 7 | Latin | pluit | It rains; it is raining |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | plowō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléweti | — |