Where does “designação” come from?

designação (Portuguese) comes from Latin dēsignātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

designação (Portuguese): designation; appointment, assignment;...

Definitions

  1. designation; appointment, assignment;...

Ancestry of “designação”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindēsignātiōa designating, describing, marking out, specification
2Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
3Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
4Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
5Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ