Where does “debugar” come from?

debugar (Portuguese) comes from English debug, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.

debugar (Portuguese): to debug to search for and eliminate software bugs

Definitions

  1. to debug to search for and eliminate software bugs

Ancestry of “debugar”, step by step

debugar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English debug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdebugTo search for and eliminate malfunctioning...
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
4Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
5Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
6Latin-ārefirst conjugation
7Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
11Chichewaiyehe, she

via Portuguese en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseen
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from French -er