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Where does “quebrantamento” come from?

quebrantamento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese quebrantar, from Vulgar Latin crepantare, from Latin crepō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

quebrantamento (Portuguese): acceptance of one’s own failings and defects as a...

Definitions

  1. acceptance of one’s own failings and defects as a...

Ancestry of “quebrantamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesequebrantarto evil-eye
2Vulgar Latincrepantare—
3Latincrepō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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