Where does “espantoso” come from?
espantoso (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese espanto, from Portuguese espantar, from Old Portuguese espantar, from Vulgar Latin expaventare, from Classical Latin expaveō, from Latin pavor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
espantoso (Portuguese): amazing
Ancestry of “espantoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | espanto | astonishment, amazement; wonder |
| 2 | Portuguese | espantar | to terrify, to frighten; to chase off, to shoo;... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | espantar | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | expaventare | present active infinitive of *expaventō |
| 5 | Classical Latin | expaveō | — |
| 6 | Latin | pavor | The act of trembling, quaking, throbbing or... |
| 7 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |