Where does “esboçar” come from?
esboçar (Portuguese) comes from Italian sbozzare, from Italian bozza, from French bosse, from Middle French bosse, from Old French boce, from Vulgar Latin bottia, from Frankish bottija, from Frankish bōtan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
esboçar (Portuguese): to draft, outline; to design; to delineate
Definitions
- to draft, outline; to design; to delineate
Ancestry of “esboçar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | sbozzare | to sketch out; to rough-hew |
| 2 | Italian | bozza | bump; draft or proof |
| 3 | French | bosse | bump; hump; dent |
| 4 | Middle French | bosse | swelling; bump |
| 5 | Old French | boce | swelling |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | bottia | bump |
| 7 | Frankish | bottija | — |
| 8 | Frankish | bōtan | to strike, knock down |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
Words derived from “esboçar”