Where does “razão” come from?
razão (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese razon, from Latin rationem, from Latin ratio, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
razão (Portuguese): reason; reason; motive; correctness; rightness
Definitions
- reason; reason; motive; correctness; rightness
Ancestry of “razão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | razon | — |
| 2 | Latin | rationem | accusative singular of ratiō; reason |
| 3 | Latin | ratio | reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive,... |
| 4 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 5 | Latin | rēōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
Words derived from “razão”