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
- disease; illness, sickness; infirmity
Ancestry of “enfermidade”, step by step
enfermidade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese enfermidade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | enfermidade | — |
| 2 | Latin | infirmitas | weakness, feebleness, infirmity |
| 3 | Latin | infirmus | weak, feeble; unhealthy; inconclusive |
| 4 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 5 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Old Portuguese enfermedade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | enfermedade | — |