Where does “contador de gás” come from?
contador de gás (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 gás (Portuguese): gas meter
Definitions
- gas meter
Ancestry of “contador de gás”, step by step
contador de gás 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 gás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | gás | gas |
| 2 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 3 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 6 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
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 |