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
- way, manner, fashion; temper; manners
Ancestry of “jeito”, step by step
jeito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese geito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | geito | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | iectus | — |
| 3 | Latin | iactus | thrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been... |
| 4 | Latin | iacere | present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | iaceō | to lie prostrate, lie down; recline |
| 6 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Galician xeito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | xeito | way, manner or fashion (of doing something) |