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Where does “metido” come from?

metido (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese meter, from Old Portuguese meter, from Latin mitto, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

metido (Portuguese): involved; interfering, meddling; nosy;...

Definitions

  1. involved; interfering, meddling; nosy;...

Ancestry of “metido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemeterto put; to insert; to meddle, interfere
2Old Portuguesemeter—
3LatinmittoI send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release,...
4Proto-Italicmeitō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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