Where does “cutelaria” come from?
cutelaria (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cutelo, from Old Portuguese cuitelo, from Latin cultellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
cutelaria (Portuguese): cutlery, manufacture of cutting instruments
Definitions
- cutlery, manufacture of cutting instruments
Ancestry of “cutelaria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cutelo | cleaver |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cuitelo | — |
| 3 | Latin | cultellus | small knife; dagger |
| 4 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |