Where does “gargalhada fatal” come from?
gargalhada fatal (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese fatal, from Latin fatalis, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
gargalhada fatal (Portuguese): evil laugh
Definitions
- evil laugh
Ancestry of “gargalhada fatal”, step by step
gargalhada fatal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese fatal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | fatal | fatal; terrible, very bad |
| 2 | Latin | fatalis | of fate, destined, predestined; fatal, deadly |
| 3 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 4 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 5 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |
via Portuguese gargalhada
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | gargalhada | laughter |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ada | forms the feminine singular past participle of... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -ada | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āta | — |