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Where does “mealhar” come from?

mealhar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese mealha, from Old Portuguese mealla, from Latin medālia, from Latin mediālis, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.

mealhar (Portuguese): to save money little by little; to accumulate...

Definitions

  1. to save money little by little; to accumulate...

Ancestry of “mealhar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemealhaa mediaeval Portuguese coin; a coin of little...
2Old Portuguesemealla—
3Latinmedālia—
4Latinmediālis—
5Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
6Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
7Old Latinstlocus—
8Proto-Italicstlokos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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