Where does “quebra-nozes” come from?
quebra-nozes (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese nozes, from Portuguese nós, from Old Portuguese enos, from Old Portuguese os, from Vulgar Latin *lōs, from Latin illōs, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
quebra-nozes (Portuguese): nutcracker
Definitions
- nutcracker
Ancestry of “quebra-nozes”, step by step
quebra-nozes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese nozes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | nozes | plural of noz; Misconstruction of nós |
| 2 | Portuguese | nós | we; us; "first-person plural objective personal... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | enos | — |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | os | the |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *lōs | — |
| 6 | Latin | illōs | — |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Portuguese quebra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | quebra | break; breaking; breach; break; interruption |
| 2 | Portuguese | quebrar | to break; to fracture a bone; to break down |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | quebrar | — |
| 4 | Latin | crepō | to rattle, rustle, clatter |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |