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Where does “creatura” come from?

creatura (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese criatura, from Old Portuguese creatura, from Latin creātūra, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

creatura (Portuguese): Obsolete form of criatura

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of criatura

Ancestry of “creatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecriaturacreature, beast; person
2Old Portuguesecreaturacreature, living being; a newborn child
3Latincreātūra—
4Latincreō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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