Where does “poupança” come from?
poupança (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese poupar, from Old Portuguese poupar, from Latin palpō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
poupança (Portuguese): savings account; buttocks
Definitions
- savings account; buttocks
Ancestry of “poupança”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | poupar | to save; to spare; to economize |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | poupar | — |
| 3 | Latin | palpō | to touch softly, stroke, pat |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |