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
Ancestry of “coitadinho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 6 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 7 | Latin | cōgō | — |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |