Where does “insustentavelmente” come from?
insustentavelmente (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese insustentável, from Portuguese sustentável, from Portuguese sustentar, from Latin sustento, from Latin sustineo, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
insustentavelmente (Portuguese): unsustainably
Definitions
- unsustainably
Ancestry of “insustentavelmente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | insustentável | untenable; indefensible; unbearable |
| 2 | Portuguese | sustentável | tenable; defensible; bearable |
| 3 | Portuguese | sustentar | to sustain; to support, underpin |
| 4 | Latin | sustento | I uphold, support, prop or sustain; I endure or... |
| 5 | Latin | sustineo | I hold up or upright, uphold, keep up, bear up,... |
| 6 | Latin | sub- | under, sub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |