Etymology Explorer › Portuguese

Where does “laje” come from?

laje (Portuguese) comes from French largeur, from French -eur, from Middle French -eur, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

laje (Portuguese): flagstone; a flat concrete roof

Definitions

  1. flagstone; a flat concrete roof

Ancestry of “laje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlargeur—
2French-eurUsed to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness
3Middle French-eurUsed to form agent nouns from verbs
4Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
5Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “laje”

  • lajeado
  • lajear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →