Where does “lacração” come from?
lacração (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese lacrar, from Portuguese lacre, from Portuguese laca, from Persian لاک, from Urdu لاکھ, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔, from Sanskrit लक्ष, from Sanskrit लक्ष् — to protect.
lacração (Portuguese): act of sealing with sealing wax
Definitions
- act of sealing with sealing wax
Ancestry of “lacração”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | lacrar | to seal; to do something very well so that one... |
| 2 | Portuguese | lacre | seal |
| 3 | Portuguese | laca | lake; lac |
| 4 | Persian | لاک | trough, wooden vessel |
| 5 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 6 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 9 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrakš- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂lek- | to protect |