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
- general management, general direction
Ancestry of “direção-geral”, step by step
direção-geral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese diretor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | diretor | governing; director; school principal |
| 2 | Latin | dīrector | director, guide, overseer |
| 3 | Latin | dīrectus | laid straight, arranged in lines, having been arranged in lines |
| 4 | Latin | dīrigō | to lay straight; arrange in lines (especially in military contexts) |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Portuguese geral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | geral | general; majority; leader of a religious order |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | gẽeral | — |
| 3 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 4 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |