Where does “memória ROM” come from?
memória ROM (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese rom, from English Rom, from English Romford, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic furdu, from Proto-Germanic furduz, from Proto-Indo-European pértus, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “memória ROM”, step by step
memória ROM traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese rom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | rom | Romani; a member of the Romani people |
| 2 | English | Rom | A member of the Romani people; A male member of... |
| 3 | English | Romford | historically a market town in Essex OS grid ref TQ5188 |
| 4 | Old English | ford | ford |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | furdu | ford |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | furduz | ford |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pértus | crossing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Portuguese Memória
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Memória | memory |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | memoria | — |
| 3 | Latin | memoria | memory; the ability to remember; a remembrance, a... |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |