Where does “encarnado” come from?
encarnado (Portuguese) comes from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatus, from Latin incarnor, from Latin carō, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
encarnado (Portuguese): red; incarnate; a person with a physical body, as...
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- red; incarnate; a person with a physical body, as...
Ancestry of “encarnado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ecclesiastical Latin | incarnatus | having been made incarnate |
| 2 | Latin | incarnor | — |
| 3 | Latin | carō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | karō | piece, portion; meat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |