Where does “escapamento” come from?
escapamento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese escapar, from Old Portuguese escapar, from Vulgar Latin excappare, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
escapamento (Portuguese): escape; exhaust pipe
Ancestry of “escapamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | escapar | to escape |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | escapar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | excappare | present active infinitive of *excappō;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |