Where does “pitão” come from?
pitão (Portuguese) comes from French piton, from French -on, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
pitão (Portuguese): python any of the large constricting snakes of the genus
Definitions
- python any of the large constricting snakes of the genus
Ancestry of “pitão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | piton | nail; spike, pick |
| 2 | French | -on | Forming diminutives of things, including some... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |