Where does “farpa” come from?
farpa (Portuguese) comes from Spanish farpa, from Spanish farpar, from Portuguese -ar, from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.
farpa (Portuguese): splinter; taunt, jibe
Ancestry of “farpa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | farpa | A sharp point left where cloth has been cut away... |
| 2 | Spanish | farpar | scratch, claw, rend |
| 3 | Portuguese | -ar | forms the impersonal infinitive of... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | -ar | — |
| 5 | Latin | -are | present active infinitive of -ō; -āre;... |
| 6 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |