Where does “colher de chá” come from?

colher de chá (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese colher, from Latin colligere, from Latin colligō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

colher de chá (Portuguese): teaspoon a small spoon

Definitions

  1. teaspoon a small spoon

Ancestry of “colher de chá”, step by step

colher de chá traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese colher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecolherspoon; to harvest, get, reap, gather
2Latincolligeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latincolligōto gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest
4Latincom-allomorph of con-
5Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Portuguese chá

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

via Portuguese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedee
2Old Portuguesedeof
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz