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Where does “positivista” come from?

positivista (Portuguese) comes from French positiviste, from French positif, from Latin posītivus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

positivista (Portuguese): positivist

Definitions

  1. positivist

Ancestry of “positivista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpositivistepositivist
2Frenchpositifpositive; positive or zero. nonnegative;...
3Latinposītivus—
4Latinpōnō—
5Proto-Italicpoznō—
6Proto-Italicpozinō—
7Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “positivista”

  • antipositivista
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