Where does “drogadição” come from?
drogadição (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese adição, from Latin additio, from Latin addō, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
drogadição (Portuguese): drug addiction dependency on illegal drugs
Definitions
- drug addiction dependency on illegal drugs
Ancestry of “drogadição”, step by step
drogadição traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese adição
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | adição | addition |
| 2 | Latin | additio | addition |
| 3 | Latin | addō | to add |
| 4 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 6 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Portuguese droga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | droga | drug; crap; damn! |
| 2 | French | drogue | drug |
| 3 | Middle French | drogue | drug |
| 4 | Old French | drogue | — |
| 5 | Old French | drocgue | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | drôge | dry |
| 7 | Old Dutch | drōgi | dry |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *draugī | dry |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | draugiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |