Etymology Explorer › Portuguese

Where does “insinuação” come from?

insinuação (Portuguese) comes from Latin insinuatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

insinuação (Portuguese): insinuation

Definitions

  1. insinuation

Ancestry of “insinuação”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininsinuatioan entrance through a narrow or crooked way; an...
2Latin-tiō—
3Latindissertātiō—
4Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
5Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →