Where does “esquisitão” come from?
esquisitão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese esquisito, from Latin exquīsītus, from Latin exquiro, from Latin quaerō, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.
esquisitão (Portuguese): weirdo
Definitions
- weirdo
Ancestry of “esquisitão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | esquisito | eerie, weird, peculiar, strange |
| 2 | Latin | exquīsītus | sought out, searched for, hunted up, ascertained, having been sought out |
| 3 | Latin | exquiro | I seek out, search for or hunt up; I inquire into |
| 4 | Latin | quaerō | to seek, look for |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |