Where does “filhotão” come from?
filhotão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese filhote, from Portuguese filhó, from Galician folloa, from Vulgar Latin foliola, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
filhotão (Portuguese): a cub that is as big as an adult, but not yet mature
Definitions
- a cub that is as big as an adult, but not yet mature
Ancestry of “filhotão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | filhote | pup; cub; Diminutive of filho |
| 2 | Portuguese | filhó | A traditional christmas treat prepared with eggs... |
| 3 | Galician | folloa | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | foliola | — |
| 5 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |