Where does “deletar” come from?

deletar (Portuguese) comes from English delete, from Latin dēlētus, from Latin dēleō, from Latin oleō, from Proto-Italic oleō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

deletar (Portuguese): delete

Definitions

  1. delete

Ancestry of “deletar”, step by step

deletar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English delete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeleteTo remove, get rid of or erase, especially...
2Latindēlētusdestroyed
3Latindēleōto destroy, raze, annihilate
4Latinoleō—
5Proto-Italicoleōto stoke a fire by burning a sacrifice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oléye-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

via Ancient Greek δηλητήρ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδηλητήρdestroyer
2Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye- →Every word from Proto-Italic oleō →