Where does “encontradiço” come from?
encontradiço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese encontrado, 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.
encontradiço (Portuguese): what one encounters frequently
Definitions
- what one encounters frequently
Ancestry of “encontradiço”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | encontrado | found; joined, close; opposite |
| 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 |