Where does “desinteresse” come from?
desinteresse (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese desinteressar, 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.
desinteresse (Portuguese): disinterest
Definitions
- disinterest
Ancestry of “desinteresse”, step by step
desinteresse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese desinteressar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | desinteressar | to disinterest, to cause to lose interest, to turn off |
| 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 Dutch interesse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | interesse | interest; Obsolete form of interest |
| 2 | German | interesse | interest attention and concern |
| 3 | Latin | intersum | I am or lie between; I am apart; I differ |
| 4 | Latin | inter- | inter-, between, in between, among, together |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γλῶσσα | a tongue; a language; the mouthpiece of a pipe |
| 6 | Old Norse | glotta | to grin, smile scornfully |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | glutōną | To stare; gawk |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰel- | to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;... |