Where does “indescritível” come from?
indescritível (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese descritível, from French descriptible, from French description, from Latin dēscrīptiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
indescritível (Portuguese): indescribable impossible to describe
Definitions
- indescribable impossible to describe
Ancestry of “indescritível”, step by step
indescritível traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese descritível
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | descritível | describable |
| 2 | French | descriptible | describable |
| 3 | French | description | description |
| 4 | Latin | dēscrīptiō | description |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |