Where does “paulatino” come from?
paulatino (Portuguese) comes from Spanish paulatino, from Latin paulatim, from Latin -atim, from Latin -tim, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
paulatino (Portuguese): gradual
Ancestry of “paulatino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | paulatino | gradual |
| 2 | Latin | paulatim | gradually, little by little, bit by bit |
| 3 | Latin | -atim | Adverbial suffix denoting something being in the... |
| 4 | Latin | -tim | forms adverbs from adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |