Where does “coitadinho” come from?
coitadinho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese coitado, from Portuguese coitar, from Old Portuguese coitar, from Vulgar Latin coctare, from Latin cōctus, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
coitadinho (Portuguese): poor thing
Definitions
- poor thing
Ancestry of “coitadinho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | coitado | pitiful, wretched |
| 2 | Portuguese | coitar | to cause pain; to torment, to distress, to... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | coitar | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | coctare | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōctus | cooked, having been cooked |
| 6 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 7 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |