Where does “dito-cujo” come from?
dito-cujo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dito, from Old Portuguese dito, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
dito-cujo (Portuguese): word used to refer to someone or something indirectly, without mentioning its/their name
Definitions
- word used to refer to someone or something indirectly, without mentioning its/their name
Ancestry of “dito-cujo”, step by step
dito-cujo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese dito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | dito | saying; proverb; said |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | dito | — |
| 3 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 4 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Portuguese cujo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cujo | whose |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cujo | — |
| 3 | Latin | cuius | genitive masculine singular of quī; genitive... |
| 4 | Latin | quoius | Alternative form of cuius |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷojjos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷís | who, what; who, which, that; which, what |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷi- | interrogative base |