Where does “folhado” come from?
folhado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese folhar, from Portuguese folha, from Old Portuguese folla, from Late Latin folia, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
folhado (Portuguese): leafy; flaky; foliage, leafage
Definitions
- leafy; flaky; foliage, leafage
Ancestry of “folhado”, step by step
folhado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese folhar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | folhar | to cause to produce leaves |
| 2 | Portuguese | folha | leaf; sheet |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | folla | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | folia | nominative plural of folium; accusative plural of... |
| 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- | — |