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Where does “polegar” come from?

polegar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese pollegar, from Latin pollicāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

polegar (Portuguese): thumb; big toe; pollical

Definitions

  1. thumb; big toe; pollical

Ancestry of “polegar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepollegar—
2Latinpollicāris—
3Latin-āris—
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālis—
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →