Where does “masculinidade” come from?

masculinidade (Portuguese) comes from Galician masculino, from Latin masculīnus, from Latin masculus, from Latin mās, from Proto-Nuristani *māsa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

masculinidade (Portuguese): masculinity

Definitions

  1. masculinity

Ancestry of “masculinidade”, step by step

masculinidade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician masculino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmasculinomasculine, male; masculine
2Latinmasculīnusmasculine, male of humans or animals
3Latinmasculusmale, masculine; man, male
4Latinmāsmale
5Proto-Nuristani*māsamoon
6Proto-Indo-Iranianmā́Hasmoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Portuguese masculino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemasculinomasculine, male
2Portuguese-ismo-ism
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has →