Where does “nanar” come from?

nanar (Portuguese) comes from French navet, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

nanar (Portuguese): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “nanar”, step by step

nanar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French navet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnavetturnip; a very bad movie
2Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Portuguese nana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesenananap; a quick or little sleep
2Italiannannabeddy-byes, bye-byes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Old French -et
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