Where does “encontrão” come from?
encontrão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese encontro, from Portuguese encontrar, from Old Portuguese encontrar, from Late Latin incontrare, from Latin contra, from Latin rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂ — to run.
encontrão (Portuguese): shock, jerk; hustle, jostle
Definitions
- shock, jerk; hustle, jostle
Ancestry of “encontrão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | encontro | meeting; gathering; get-together; meet-up; date;... |
| 2 | Portuguese | encontrar | to meet; to find |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | encontrar | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | incontrare | — |
| 5 | Latin | contra | against; opposite to; contrary to |
| 6 | Latin | rota | wheel; a car, a chariot; the disc of the sun |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |