Where does “fentelha” come from?

fentelha (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese fento, from Old Portuguese feeyto, from Latin filictum, from Latin -tum, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

fentelha (Portuguese): common polypody

Definitions

  1. common polypody

Ancestry of “fentelha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefento—
2Old Portuguesefeeyto—
3Latinfilictumfernbrake, stand of ferns
4Latin-tummasculine accusative singular of -tus; neuter...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tum →