Where does “funk ostentação” come from?
funk ostentação (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ostentação, from Latin ostentatio, from Latin ostentō, from Latin ostendō, from Latin obs-, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
funk ostentação (Portuguese): a São Paulo-originating variation of the "funk...
Definitions
- a São Paulo-originating variation of the "funk...
Ancestry of “funk ostentação”, step by step
funk ostentação traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese ostentação
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | ostentação | ostentation; boasting; show |
| 2 | Latin | ostentatio | exhibition, display, showing off |
| 3 | Latin | ostentō | to exhibit, show, present |
| 4 | Latin | ostendō | to expose to view, exhibit, show |
| 5 | Latin | obs- | in front of |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Portuguese funk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | funk | "funk"; "funk carioca"; a particular song or... |
| 2 | English | funk | Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor; A... |
| 3 | French | funquer | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | fumicare | — |
| 5 | Latin | fūmigāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | fūmus | smoke, steam, fume |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fūmos | smoke |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰuh₂mós | smoke |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |