Where does “comprador” come from?
comprador (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese comprar, from Old Portuguese comprar, from Vulgar Latin comperare, from Latin comparō, from Latin compar, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
comprador (Portuguese): buyer; customer
Definitions
- buyer; customer
Ancestry of “comprador”, step by step
comprador traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese comprar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | comprar | to buy |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | comprar | to buy |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | comperare | — |
| 4 | Latin | comparō | to prepare, get ready, provide, furnish |
| 5 | Latin | compar | equal; similar, comparable; fellow, partner,... |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Latin compārator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | compārator | a comparer |
| 2 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Late Latin comparator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | comparator | — |