Where does “enfadonho” come from?
enfadonho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese enfado, from Portuguese enfadar, from Latin infatuo, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
enfadonho (Portuguese): tedious; boring
Definitions
- tedious; boring
Ancestry of “enfadonho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | enfado | tedium; boredom; tediousness; ennui |
| 2 | Portuguese | enfadar | to bore |
| 3 | Latin | infatuo | I make a fool of; I infatuate |
| 4 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 5 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 6 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |