Where does “quitação” come from?
quitação (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese quitar, from Portuguese kit, from English kit, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu, from Proto-Germanic kweduz — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
quitação (Portuguese): release, discharge
Definitions
- release, discharge
Ancestry of “quitação”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | quitar | to pay; to settle, discharge; to quit |
| 2 | Portuguese | kit | kit collection of items needed for a specific purpose |
| 3 | English | kit | A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves;... |
| 4 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 5 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 6 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |