Where does “pranto” come from?
pranto (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese pranto, from Latin planctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
pranto (Portuguese): mourning; crying, lamentation; tears
Definitions
- mourning; crying, lamentation; tears
Ancestry of “pranto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | pranto | — |
| 2 | Latin | planctus | struck, beaten; bewailed, lamented, mourned;... |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “pranto”