Where does “praia fluvial” come from?
praia fluvial (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese fluvial, from Latin fluvialis, from Latin fluvius, from Latin fluere, from Latin fluo, from Proto-Italic flowō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlewH-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-.
praia fluvial (Portuguese): river beach
Definitions
- river beach
Ancestry of “praia fluvial”, step by step
praia fluvial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese fluvial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | fluvial | fluvial |
| 2 | Latin | fluvialis | fluvial |
| 3 | Latin | fluvius | river, stream |
| 4 | Latin | fluere | present active infinitive of fluō; flow; to flow |
| 5 | Latin | fluo | I flow, stream, pour; I am soaked in |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flowō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlewH- | to overflow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Portuguese praia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | praia | beach |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | praya | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | plagia | slope, slant; beach; second-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | plāga | plague, misfortune |
| 5 | Latin | plagius | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλάγιος | placed sideways, slanting, aslant |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |