Where does “jeitinho” come from?

jeitinho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese jeito, from Old Portuguese geito, from Vulgar Latin iectus, from Latin iactus, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

jeitinho (Portuguese): workaround, hack

Definitions

  1. workaround, hack

Ancestry of “jeitinho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesejeitoway, manner, fashion; temper; manners
2Old Portuguesegeito
3Vulgar Latiniectus
4Latiniactusthrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...
5Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
6Latiniaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline
7Latin-eō
8Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
9Proto-Italic-ējō
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eōEvery word from Latin iaceō