Where does “frouxidão” come from?

frouxidão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese frouxo, from Latin fluxus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

frouxidão (Portuguese): looseness, laxness

Definitions

  1. looseness, laxness

Ancestry of “frouxidão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefrouxoloose, lax; coward, pusilanimous
2Latinfluxusflow; flux; flowing, fluid
3Latinfluōto flow, stream, pour
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁- →