Where does “malhadouro” come from?
malhadouro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -douro, from Old Portuguese -doiro, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
malhadouro (Portuguese): threshing floor
Definitions
- threshing floor
Ancestry of “malhadouro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | -douro | location where something is done |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | -doiro | — |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |