Where does “cinzento” come from?

cinzento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -ento, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

cinzento (Portuguese): grey; melancholic

Definitions

  1. grey; melancholic

Ancestry of “cinzento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-ento-y; having a certain quality
2Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
3Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
4Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body

Words derived from “cinzento”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- →Every word from Latin -entus →Every word from Portuguese -ento →