Where does “cria” come from?
cria (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese criar, from Old Portuguese criar, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
cria (Portuguese): young; offspring; kid; young'un; someone who is...
Definitions
- young; offspring; kid; young'un; someone who is...
Ancestry of “cria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | criar | to create, to put into existence; to invent; to... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | criar | to raise |
| 3 | Latin | creō | to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively) |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |