Where does “liteira” come from?
liteira (Portuguese) comes from French litière, from Latin lectuaria, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
liteira (Portuguese): litter
Definitions
- litter
Ancestry of “liteira”, step by step
liteira traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French litière
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | litière | litter (for cattle, cats); bedding (for horses) |
| 2 | Latin | lectuaria | nominative feminine singular of lectuārius;... |
| 3 | Latin | -āria | used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |