Where does “precisão” come from?
precisão (Portuguese) comes from Latin praecisio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
precisão (Portuguese): accuracy; need; Obsolete spelling of precisam
Definitions
- accuracy; need; Obsolete spelling of precisam
Ancestry of “precisão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | praecisio | the act of cutting off; a piece cut off; cut,... |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |