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Where does “encerramento” come from?

encerramento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese encerrar, from Portuguese cerrar, from Old Portuguese çerrar, from Vulgar Latin serrare, from Latin serāre, from Latin sēra, from Latin serō, from Latin sērus — to ache; to fester; wound; injury.

encerramento (Portuguese): closure, completion

Definitions

  1. closure, completion

Ancestry of “encerramento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseencerrarto contain; to complete, finish; to shut down
2Portuguesecerrarto close, shut; to seal
3Old Portugueseçerrar—
4Vulgar Latinserrareclose, shut; to close, shut; inflection of...
5Latinserāre—
6Latinsēra—
7Latinserō—
8Latinsērus—
9Proto-Italicswerjos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-yo-s—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-to ache; to fester; wound; injury
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swer- →