Where does “maremoto” come from?

maremoto (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese terremoto, from Latin terraemotus, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra, from Proto-Italic terzā, from Proto-Indo-European ters-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

maremoto (Portuguese): seaquake

Definitions

  1. seaquake

Ancestry of “maremoto”, step by step

maremoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese terremoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseterremotoearthquake
2Latinterraemotusearthquake
3Latinterraenominative plural of terra; genitive singular of...
4Latinterraground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's...
5Proto-Italicterzāearth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanters-eh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Portuguese mar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemarsea; a multitude; a great amount or number of...
2Old Portuguesemarsea
3Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
4Proto-Italicmarisea
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-
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