Where does “dinheirama” come from?
dinheirama (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dinheiro, from Old Portuguese dĩeiro, from Vulgar Latin dinarius, from Latin dēnārius, from Latin dēnī, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
dinheirama (Portuguese): a large amount of money
Definitions
- a large amount of money
Ancestry of “dinheirama”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | dinheiro | money; a coin used from the 12th to the 15th... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | dĩeiro | a coin of little value |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | dinarius | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēnārius | containing or consisting of ten things |
| 5 | Latin | dēnī | — |
| 6 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 7 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |