Where does “promessa” come from?
promessa (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese promessa, from Vulgar Latin promissa, from Latin prōmissum, from Latin promissus, from Latin prōmittō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
promessa (Portuguese): promise; vow; something which is hoped for;...
Definitions
- promise; vow; something which is hoped for;...
Ancestry of “promessa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | promessa | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | promissa | promise |
| 3 | Latin | prōmissum | — |
| 4 | Latin | promissus | promised |
| 5 | Latin | prōmittō | — |
| 6 | Latin | prō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 8 | Latin | rēōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |