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

Definitions

  1. gradual

Ancestry of “paulatino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpaulatinogradual
2Latinpaulatimgradually, little by little, bit by bit
3Latin-atimAdverbial suffix denoting something being in the...
4Latin-timforms adverbs from adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Latin -atim →Every word from Latin -tim →