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Where does “memorizar” come from?

memorizar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Memória, from Old Portuguese memoria, from Latin memoria, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

memorizar (Portuguese): to memorize

Definitions

  1. to memorize

Ancestry of “memorizar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseMemória—
2Old Portuguesememoria—
3Latinmemoriamemory; the ability to remember; a remembrance, a...
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “memorizar”

  • memorização
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →