Where does “foca-monge-do-mediterrâneo” come from?
foca-monge-do-mediterrâneo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dó, from Italian do, from Italian doni, from Italian dono, from Latin dōnum, from Turkish dönmek, from Ottoman Turkish دونمك, from Old Turkic ton-.
foca-monge-do-mediterrâneo (Portuguese): Mediterranean monk seal
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- Mediterranean monk seal
Ancestry of “foca-monge-do-mediterrâneo”, step by step
foca-monge-do-mediterrâneo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese dó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | dó | pity; do |
| 2 | Italian | do | first-person singular indicative present of dare;... |
| 3 | Italian | doni | plural of dono; second-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | dono | gift; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | dōnum | gift, present |
| 6 | Turkish | dönmek | to turn; to return; to rotate |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | دونمك | to turn around; to turn |
| 8 | Old Turkic | ton- | — |
| 9 | English | Hyun | — |
| 10 | Korean | 현 | 現: current; present; 絃: string |
| 11 | Chinese | 玄 | — |
via Portuguese Monge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Monge | monk |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | monje | — |
| 3 | Old Occitan | monge | monk |
| 4 | Late Latin | monicus | — |
| 5 | Latin | monāchus | monk |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μοναχός | solitary, single; monk, monastic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μόνος | alone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σπέρμα | seed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *spérmə | — |
via Portuguese Mediterrâneo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Mediterrâneo | inland, mediterraneous |
| 2 | Latin | mediterraneus | inland |
| 3 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 4 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 5 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |