Where does “contador de água” come from?
contador de água (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese contador, from Portuguese contar, from Old Portuguese contar, from Latin computare, from Latin computo, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
contador de água (Portuguese): water meter
Definitions
- water meter
Ancestry of “contador de água”, step by step
contador de água traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese contador
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | contador | accountant; counter |
| 2 | Portuguese | contar | to tell that; to tell; to narrate; to count |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | contar | — |
| 4 | Latin | computare | present active infinitive of computō;... |
| 5 | Latin | computo | I calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 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 |
via Portuguese dê
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | dê | dee |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | de | of |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |