Where does “quebra-cabeça” come from?
quebra-cabeça (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cabeça, from Old Portuguese cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
quebra-cabeça (Portuguese): brain-teaser
Definitions
- brain-teaser
Ancestry of “quebra-cabeça”, step by step
quebra-cabeça traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese cabeça
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cabeça | head |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cabeça | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | capitia | — |
| 4 | Latin | capitium | covering for the head; opening in a tunic for the... |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Portuguese quebrar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | quebrar | to break; to fracture a bone; to break down |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | quebrar | — |
| 3 | Latin | crepō | to rattle, rustle, clatter |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |