Where does “estilhaço” come from?
estilhaço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese estilha, from Spanish astilla, from Latin astella, from Latin astla, from Latin assula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
estilhaço (Portuguese): splinter; shard; shrapnel
Definitions
- splinter; shard; shrapnel
Ancestry of “estilhaço”, step by step
estilhaço traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese estilha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | estilha | splinter; chip; fragment |
| 2 | Spanish | astilla | splinter; kindling |
| 3 | Latin | astella | little splinter |
| 4 | Latin | astla | — |
| 5 | Latin | assula | splinter, shaving, chip, shiver; shingle |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |