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Where does “meticuloso” come from?

meticuloso (Portuguese) comes from Latin meticulōsus, from Latin -culōsus, from Latin cūlus, from Proto-Celtic kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱuH-ló-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

meticuloso (Portuguese): Characterized by very precise attention to...

Definitions

  1. Characterized by very precise attention to...

Ancestry of “meticuloso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmeticulōsus—
2Latin-culōsus—
3Latincūlus—
4Proto-Celtickūlos—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱuH-ló-—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
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