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Where does “mal-humorado” come from?

mal-humorado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese humorado, from Portuguese humor, from Old Portuguese umor, from Latin humor, from Latin umor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

mal-humorado (Portuguese): ill-tempered; cranky; cantankerous

Definitions

  1. ill-tempered; cranky; cantankerous

Ancestry of “mal-humorado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesehumoradomoody; Having a specified mood
2Portuguesehumormood; humour; bodily fluid; humour
3Old Portugueseumor—
4Latinhumorliquid, fluid, humour; first-person singular...
5Latinumorliquid, fluid, humour; moisture
6Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
7Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
8Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
9Proto-Indo-European-oss—
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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