Where does “polegada” come from?

polegada (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese polegada, from Vulgar Latin pollicata, from Latin pollex — thumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

polegada (Portuguese): inch

Definitions

  1. inch

Ancestry of “polegada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepolegada—
2Vulgar Latinpollicata—
3Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...
Every word from Latin pollex →Every word from Vulgar Latin pollicata →Every word from Old Portuguese polegada →