Where does “petardo” come from?
petardo (Portuguese) comes from French pétard, from French péter, from French pet, from Middle French pet, from Old French pet, from Latin peditum, from Latin pedō, from Latin pēs — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
petardo (Portuguese): firecracker
Definitions
- firecracker
Ancestry of “petardo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pétard | firecracker; joint; revolver |
| 2 | French | péter | to blow off, fart; to break; to explode |
| 3 | French | pet | fart |
| 4 | Middle French | pet | fart, gas, flatulence |
| 5 | Old French | pet | fart |
| 6 | Latin | peditum | fart; genitive masculine plural of pedes;... |
| 7 | Latin | pedō | — |
| 8 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |