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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...

Definitions

  1. red; incarnate; a person with a physical body, as...

Ancestry of “encarnado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ecclesiastical Latinincarnatushaving been made incarnate
2Latinincarnor—
3Latincarō—
4Proto-Italickarōpiece, portion; meat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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