Where does “esmagamento” come from?
esmagamento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese esmagar, from Old Occitan esmaiar, from Old French esmaier, from Vulgar Latin exmagare, from Latin magare, from Frankish magan, from Proto-Germanic maganą, from Proto-Indo-European (me)mógʰe — to be able.
esmagamento (Portuguese): crush, crushing
Ancestry of “esmagamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | esmagar | to crush |
| 2 | Old Occitan | esmaiar | — |
| 3 | Old French | esmaier | to be frightened; to be scared; to frighten; to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | exmagare | to deprive of strength, to disable; deprive of... |
| 5 | Latin | magare | to enable; empower; to enable, empower |
| 6 | Frankish | magan | to be able, may |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | maganą | to be able, may |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (me)mógʰe | to have power, to be able to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | megʰ- | to be able |