Where does “dúvida” come from?
dúvida (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese duvidar, from Latin dubitō, from Latin dubō, from Latin *dubos, from Indo-European *bʰuH-.
dúvida (Portuguese): doubt, uncertainty; question
Definitions
- doubt, uncertainty; question
Ancestry of “dúvida”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | duvidar | to doubt; to disbelieve |
| 2 | Latin | dubitō | to waver (in opinion), be uncertain, doubt, question, be in doubt |
| 3 | Latin | dubō | — |
| 4 | Latin | *dubos | — |
| 5 | Indo-European | *bʰuH- | — |
Words derived from “dúvida”