Where does “doido” come from?
doido (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese doer, from Old Portuguese doer, from Latin doleo, from Proto-Italic doleō, from Proto-Indo-European dolh₁éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European delh₁- — to split, divide.
doido (Portuguese): painful
Ancestry of “doido”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | doer | to hurt; to hurt; to pain |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | doer | — |
| 3 | Latin | doleo | I hurt, suffer; I grieve for, lament, deplore |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | doleō | hurt, cause pain |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dolh₁éyeti | divide |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | delh₁- | to split, divide |