Where does “corpo fechado” come from?
corpo fechado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese fechado, from Portuguese Fechar, from Portuguese Des-, from Portuguese encriptação, from Portuguese -ção, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
corpo fechado (Portuguese): The characteristic of being virtually or...
Definitions
- The characteristic of being virtually or...
Ancestry of “corpo fechado”, step by step
corpo fechado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese fechado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | fechado | closed, shut; locked |
| 2 | Portuguese | Fechar | to close |
| 3 | Portuguese | Des- | un-; de-; dis- forms verbs indicating the reversal of the prefixed verb |
| 4 | Portuguese | encriptação | encryption |
| 5 | Portuguese | -ção | -tion |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |