Where does “jumento” come from?

jumento (Portuguese) comes from Latin iumentum, from Old Latin iouxmentom, from Proto-Italic jouksmentom.

jumento (Portuguese): donkey; idiot; fool; dumb, stupid, foolish,...

Definitions

  1. donkey; idiot; fool; dumb, stupid, foolish,...

Ancestry of “jumento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatiniumentumA draft animal, a beast of burden, a large...
2Old Latiniouxmentom
3Proto-Italicjouksmentom

Words derived from “jumento

Every word from Proto-Italic jouksmentomEvery word from Old Latin iouxmentomEvery word from Latin iumentum