Where does “espaço” come from?

espaço (Portuguese) comes from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

espaço (Portuguese): space

Definitions

  1. space

Ancestry of “espaço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinspatiumSpace, room, extent; Distance between points; A...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁-to succeed, to prosper
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “espaço”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁- →Every word from Latin spatium →