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Where does “esboço” come from?

esboço (Portuguese) comes from Italian sbozzo, from Italian sbozzare, from Italian bozza, from French bosse, from Middle French bosse, from Old French boce, from Vulgar Latin bottia, from Frankish bottija — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

esboço (Portuguese): sketch; a rough draft; rudiment

Definitions

  1. sketch; a rough draft; rudiment

Ancestry of “esboço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansbozzo—
2Italiansbozzareto sketch out; to rough-hew
3Italianbozzabump; draft or proof
4Frenchbossebump; hump; dent
5Middle Frenchbosseswelling; bump
6Old Frenchboceswelling
7Vulgar Latinbottiabump
8Frankishbottija—
9Frankishbōtanto strike, knock down
10Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
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