Where does “descortês” come from?
descortês (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cortês, from Old Portuguese cortes, from Old Portuguese corte, from Latin cortem, from Latin cors, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
descortês (Portuguese): discourteous; impolite
Definitions
- discourteous; impolite
Ancestry of “descortês”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cortês | polite; well-mannered; courtly |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cortes | courtly |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | corte | court |
| 4 | Latin | cortem | accusative singular of cōrs |
| 5 | Latin | cors | Alternative form of cohors; farmyard or... |
| 6 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 7 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |