Where does “hoje” come from?
hoje (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese oge, from Latin hodiē, from Latin hōc, from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
hoje (Portuguese): today; nowadays
Definitions
- today; nowadays
Ancestry of “hoje”, step by step
hoje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese oge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | oge | today |
| 2 | Latin | hodiē | today |
| 3 | Latin | hōc | for this reason, because of this |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Hungarian hő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | hő | heat |