Where does “direção-geral” come from?

direção-geral (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese diretor, from Latin dīrector, from Latin dīrectus, from Latin dīrigō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

direção-geral (Portuguese): general management, general direction

Definitions

  1. general management, general direction

Ancestry of “direção-geral”, step by step

direção-geral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese diretor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesediretorgoverning; director; school principal
2Latindīrectordirector, guide, overseer
3Latindīrectuslaid straight, arranged in lines, having been arranged in lines
4Latindīrigōto lay straight; arrange in lines (especially in military contexts)
5Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
6Latincalceusshoe
7Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
8Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Portuguese geral

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesegeralgeneral; majority; leader of a religious order
2Old Portuguesegẽeral
3Latingeneralisgeneral, generic
4Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
5Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin dis-Every word from Latin calx
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