Where does “comparecer” come from?
comparecer (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese parecer, from Old Portuguese parecer, from Vulgar Latin parescere, from Latin pārēre, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
comparecer (Portuguese): to attend, appear, turn up
Definitions
- to attend, appear, turn up
Ancestry of “comparecer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | parecer | to seem; to resemble; expert opinion, advice,... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | parecer | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | parescere | — |
| 4 | Latin | pārēre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |