Where does “preguicite” come from?
preguicite (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese preguiça, from Old Portuguese pegriça, from Latin pigritia, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
preguicite (Portuguese): laziness, as if it were a disease
Definitions
- laziness, as if it were a disease
Ancestry of “preguicite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | preguiça | laziness; sloth; sloth |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | pegriça | — |
| 3 | Latin | pigritia | sloth, sluggishness, laziness, indolence |
| 4 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |