Where does “porquê” come from?
porquê (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese quê, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque, from Latin cumque, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
porquê (Portuguese): why; reason, cause, explanation
Definitions
- why; reason, cause, explanation
Ancestry of “porquê”, step by step
porquê traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese quê
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | quê | what; a characteristic; cue |
| 2 | Latin | quī | who, that, which, what |
| 3 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 4 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Portuguese pôr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pôr | to put; to place; to get; to go to a given... |
| 2 | Portuguese | Via | a way; a path |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | via | — |
| 4 | Latin | viā | road, street, path |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *wiā | road |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wih₁eh₂- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via Old Portuguese porque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | porque | — |