Where does “espirituoso” come from?

espirituoso (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese espírito, from Old Portuguese espirito, from Latin spiritus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

espirituoso (Portuguese): witty, cleverly jocular

Definitions

  1. witty, cleverly jocular

Ancestry of “espirituoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseespíritospirit; ghost; nature; characteristic
2Old Portugueseespirito—
3Latinspiritusair, breath, breathing; light breeze; spirit,...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin spiritus →