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
- awkward; clumsy
Ancestry of “desajeitado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | desajeitar | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | ajeitar | to adjust |
| 3 | Portuguese | jeito | way, manner, fashion; temper; manners |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | geito | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | iectus | — |
| 6 | Latin | iactus | thrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | iacere | present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | iaceō | to lie prostrate, lie down; recline |
| 9 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |