Where does “desencontro” come from?
desencontro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese desencontrar, from Portuguese Des-, from Portuguese encriptação, from Portuguese -ção, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
desencontro (Portuguese): failed or unfortunate meeting
Definitions
- failed or unfortunate meeting
Ancestry of “desencontro”, step by step
desencontro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese desencontrar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | desencontrar | to hinder a meeting; to differ; to miss each... |
| 2 | Portuguese | Des- | un-; de-; dis- forms verbs indicating the reversal of the prefixed verb |
| 3 | Portuguese | encriptação | encryption |
| 4 | Portuguese | -ção | -tion |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Portuguese encontro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | encontro | meeting; gathering; get-together; meet-up; date;... |