Where does “mealheiro” come from?
mealheiro (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.
mealheiro (Portuguese): money box, piggy bank
Ancestry of “mealheiro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | mealha | a mediaeval Portuguese coin; a coin of little... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | mealla | — |
| 3 | Latin | medālia | — |
| 4 | Latin | mediālis | — |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |