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