Where does “piteira” come from?
piteira (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pita, from Portuguese pito, from Portuguese pinto, from English pint, from Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, from Vulgar Latin pincta, from Latin Pictus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
piteira (Portuguese): Furcraea foetida, a fibrous, ornamental plant of the Americas
Definitions
- Furcraea foetida, a fibrous, ornamental plant of the Americas
Ancestry of “piteira”, step by step
piteira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese pita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pita | pita; Furcraea foetida, a fibrous, ornamental... |
| 2 | Portuguese | pito | chick; cigarette |
| 3 | Portuguese | pinto | chick; penis |
| 4 | English | pint | A unit of volume, equivalent to; A pint of milk;... |
| 5 | Middle English | pinte | pint |
| 6 | Old French | pinte | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | pincta | a mark used to indicate a level of quantity... |
| 8 | Latin | Pictus | a Pict, a resident of early Scotland |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Portuguese pitar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pitar | to smoke especially a pipe |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ar | forms the impersonal infinitive of... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -ar | — |
| 4 | Latin | -are | present active infinitive of -ō; -āre;... |
| 5 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |