Where does “meia-idade” come from?
meia-idade (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese meia, from Portuguese meia dúzia, from Portuguese dúzia, from Old Portuguese ducea, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
meia-idade (Portuguese): middle age
Definitions
- middle age
Ancestry of “meia-idade”, step by step
meia-idade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese meia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | meia | sock; Short for meia-entrada; obsolete unit of... |
| 2 | Portuguese | meia dúzia | half a dozen; couple |
| 3 | Portuguese | dúzia | dozen |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | ducea | — |
| 5 | Latin | duodecim | twelve; 12; dozen |
| 6 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 7 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via Portuguese idade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | idade | age |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | ydade | age |
| 3 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 4 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |