Where does “disléxico” come from?
disléxico (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dislexia, from English dyslexia, from Ancient Greek δῠσ-, from Latin calculāre, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
disléxico (Portuguese): dyslexic (an individual who shows an inability to learn to read or difficulties in identifying and reproducing written language)
Definitions
- dyslexic (an individual who shows an inability to learn to read or difficulties in identifying and reproducing written language)
Ancestry of “disléxico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | dislexia | dyslexia learning disability |
| 2 | English | dyslexia | A learning disability characterized by reading... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δῠσ- | bad, unfortunate |
| 4 | Latin | calculāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |