Where does “detestável” come from?
detestável (Portuguese) comes from Latin detestabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
detestável (Portuguese): foul; hateful; detestable; odious; loathsome
Definitions
- foul; hateful; detestable; odious; loathsome
Ancestry of “detestável”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | detestabilis | execrable, abominable, detestable |
| 2 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |