Where does “crianção” come from?
crianção (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese criança, from Old Portuguese criança, from Old Portuguese criar, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
crianção (Portuguese): manchild
Definitions
- manchild
Ancestry of “crianção”, step by step
crianção traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese criança
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | criança | child |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | criança | — |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | criar | to raise |
| 4 | 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) |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Portuguese crianço
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | crianço | — |