Where does “embelezamento” come from?
embelezamento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese embelezar, from Portuguese beleza, from Spanish belleza, from Catalan bellesa, from Catalan bell, from Latin bellus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
embelezamento (Portuguese): embellishment
Definitions
- embellishment
Ancestry of “embelezamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | embelezar | to beautify make beautiful or more beautiful |
| 2 | Portuguese | beleza | beauty; what's up?; all right; okay |
| 3 | Spanish | belleza | beauty |
| 4 | Catalan | bellesa | beauty |
| 5 | Catalan | bell | beautiful |
| 6 | Latin | bellus | beautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 7 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 8 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |