Where does “cutelo” come from?
cutelo (Portuguese) comes 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.
cutelo (Portuguese): cleaver
Definitions
- cleaver
Ancestry of “cutelo”, step by step
cutelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese cuitelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | cuitelo | — |
| 2 | Latin | cultellus | small knife; dagger |
| 3 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Kabuverdianu kutelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kabuverdianu | kutelo | — |