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Where does “desajeitado” come from?

desajeitado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese desajeitar, from Portuguese ajeitar, from Portuguese jeito, from Old Portuguese geito, from Vulgar Latin iectus, from Latin iactus, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

desajeitado (Portuguese): awkward; clumsy

Definitions

  1. awkward; clumsy

Ancestry of “desajeitado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedesajeitar—
2Portugueseajeitarto adjust
3Portuguesejeitoway, manner, fashion; temper; manners
4Old Portuguesegeito—
5Vulgar Latiniectus—
6Latiniactusthrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...
7Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
8Latiniaceō—
9Latin-eō—
10Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
11Proto-Italic-ējō—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
13Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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