Where does “portanto” come from?
portanto (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tanto, from Old Portuguese tanto, from Latin tantus, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
portanto (Portuguese): hence; therefore
Definitions
- hence; therefore
Ancestry of “portanto”, step by step
portanto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese tanto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tanto | so much; so much / so many; tanto … quanto |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | tanto | so much |
| 3 | Latin | tantus | of such size, of such measure; so much, so great |
| 4 | Latin | tam | so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | téh₂m | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |