Where does “imperceptível” come from?
imperceptível (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese perceptível, from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.
imperceptível (Portuguese): imperceptible; inconspicuous
Definitions
- imperceptible; inconspicuous
Ancestry of “imperceptível”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | perceptível | perceptible; conspicuous |
| 2 | Late Latin | perceptibilis | perceptible, participating |
| 3 | Latin | percipiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |