Where does “espessura” come from?
espessura (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese espesso, from Old Portuguese espesso, from Latin spissus, from Proto-Indo-European spidtos.
espessura (Portuguese): thickness, width; density
Definitions
- thickness, width; density
Ancestry of “espessura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | espesso | dense, compact, opaque; thick; leafy |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | espesso | — |
| 3 | Latin | spissus | thick, close, compact, dense, crowded; slow,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | spidtos | — |