Where does “escrotidão” come from?

escrotidão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese escroto, from Latin scrotum, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

escrotidão (Portuguese): immorality, dishonesty, vileness

Definitions

  1. immorality, dishonesty, vileness

Ancestry of “escrotidão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseescrotoscrotum; shitty
2Latinscrotumscrotum
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Latin scrotum →
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