Where does “preparatório” come from?
preparatório (Portuguese) comes from Latin praeparatorius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
preparatório (Portuguese): preparatory
Ancestry of “preparatório”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | praeparatorius | preparatory |
| 2 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |