Where does “protelar” come from?
protelar (Portuguese) comes from Latin protelo, from Latin tēlum, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
protelar (Portuguese): to procrastinate, to delay
Definitions
- to procrastinate, to delay
Ancestry of “protelar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | protelo | I drive forward; I beat off or repulse |
| 2 | Latin | tēlum | a spear |
| 3 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 4 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 7 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 8 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |