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Where does “desprendimento” come from?

desprendimento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese desprender, 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.

desprendimento (Portuguese): release; renunciation; extrication

Definitions

  1. release; renunciation; extrication

Ancestry of “desprendimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedesprenderto loosen; to release, detach
2PortugueseDes-—
3Portugueseencriptaçãoencryption
4Portuguese-ção-tion
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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