Where does “miséria” come from?

miséria (Portuguese) comes from Latin miseria, from Latin miser, from Proto-Italic misseros, from Proto-Indo-European mēwdʰ- — to complain, be emotional about; to complain or...

miséria (Portuguese): misery; poverty; squalor

Definitions

  1. misery; poverty; squalor

Ancestry of “miséria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmiseriamisfortune; misery, distress, affliction
2Latinmiserpoor, wretched, pitiful; miserable, unhappy;...
3Proto-Italicmisseros—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēwdʰ-to complain, be emotional about; to complain or...

Words derived from “miséria”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēwdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic misseros →Every word from Latin miser →