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Where does “jeito” come from?

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

jeito (Portuguese): way, manner, fashion; temper; manners

Definitions

  1. way, manner, fashion; temper; manners

Ancestry of “jeito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesegeito—
2Vulgar Latiniectus—
3Latiniactusthrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...
4Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
5Latiniaceō—
6Latin-eō—
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “jeito”

  • jeitinho
  • desajeitado
  • desajeitar
  • ajeitar
  • jeitoso
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