Where does “crachá” come from?
crachá (Portuguese) comes from French crachat, from French -ât, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
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Ancestry of “crachá”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | crachat | spit; spittle, sputum |
| 2 | French | -ât | "A suffix denoting the third-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |