Where does “escurecimento” come from?
escurecimento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese escurecer, from Portuguese escuro, from Old Portuguese escuro, from Latin obscurus, from Italian scuro, from Italian oscuro, from Latin obscūrus, from Latin ob- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
escurecimento (Portuguese): darkening
Definitions
- darkening
Ancestry of “escurecimento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | escurecer | to dim, darken |
| 2 | Portuguese | escuro | dark |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | escuro | — |
| 4 | Latin | obscurus | dark, dusky, shadowy; indistinct, unintelligible,... |
| 5 | Italian | scuro | dark, deep, sombre, swarthy; dark, sombre, grim,... |
| 6 | Italian | oscuro | first-person singular present of oscurare; dark;... |
| 7 | Latin | obscūrus | dark, dusky, shadowy |
| 8 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 9 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |