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Where does “nobilitar” come from?

nobilitar (Portuguese) comes from Latin nobilito, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

nobilitar (Portuguese): to ennoble

Definitions

  1. to ennoble

Ancestry of “nobilitar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinnobilitoI make known, make famous; I make infamous; I...
2Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
3Latin-tō—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →