Where does “decorativo” come from?
decorativo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Decorar, from Portuguese de cor, from Portuguese de, from Old Portuguese de, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
decorativo (Portuguese): decorative; useless
Definitions
- decorative; useless
Ancestry of “decorativo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Decorar | to learn by heart, to memorize |
| 2 | Portuguese | de cor | by heart; colored; of color |
| 3 | Portuguese | de | of; of; -en; from |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | de | of |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |