Where does “lediça” come from?
lediça (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ledice, from Old Portuguese lediça, from Latin laetitia, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
lediça (Portuguese): Alternative form of ledice
Definitions
- Alternative form of ledice
Ancestry of “lediça”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | ledice | Great joy; pleasure |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | lediça | Great joy; pleasure |
| 3 | Latin | laetitia | joy, gladness, happiness, pleasure, delight |
| 4 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |