Where does “licença-paternidade” come from?

licença-paternidade (Portuguese) comes from Serbo-Croatian licenca, from German Lizenz, from Latin licentia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

licença-paternidade (Portuguese): paternity leave paid work leave to which a man is entitled upon the birth of a child

Definitions

  1. paternity leave paid work leave to which a man is entitled upon the birth of a child

Ancestry of “licença-paternidade”, step by step

licença-paternidade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian licenca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianlicencalicence
2GermanLizenzlicense
3Latinlicentiaa license, freedom, liberty; a liberty which one...
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Portuguese paternidade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepaternidadepaternity, fatherhood condition of being a father
2Latinpaternitāsfatherly feeling or care; fatherhood, paternity
3LatinpaternusOf or pertaining to a father, paternal, fatherly;...
4Latinpaterfather; head of household; parent
5Proto-Italicpatērfather
6Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂tḗrfather
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós
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