Where does “geral” come from?

geral (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese gẽeral, from Latin generalis, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

geral (Portuguese): general; majority; leader of a religious order

Definitions

  1. general; majority; leader of a religious order

Ancestry of “geral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesegẽeral—
2Latingeneralisgeneral, generic
3Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
4Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “geral”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os →Every word from Proto-Italic genos →