Where does “enfermidade” come from?

enfermidade (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese enfermidade, from Latin infirmitas, from Latin infirmus, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enfermidade (Portuguese): disease; illness, sickness; infirmity

Definitions

  1. disease; illness, sickness; infirmity

Ancestry of “enfermidade”, step by step

enfermidade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese enfermidade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseenfermidade
2Latininfirmitasweakness, feebleness, infirmity
3Latininfirmusweak, feeble; unhealthy; inconclusive
4Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
5Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
6Old Latinenin
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Old Portuguese enfermedade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseenfermedade
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Proto-Italic enEvery word from Latin in-