Where does “reforço” come from?
reforço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese reforçar, from Portuguese forçar, from Portuguese força, from Old Portuguese força, from Latin fortia, from Latin fortis, from Old Latin forctis, from Proto-Italic forktis — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.
reforço (Portuguese): reinforcement; intensification
Definitions
- reinforcement; intensification
Ancestry of “reforço”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | reforçar | to reinforce; to strengthen; to intensify |
| 2 | Portuguese | forçar | to force |
| 3 | Portuguese | força | force; strength; power; Expression used to wish... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | força | — |
| 5 | Latin | fortia | nominative neuter plural of fortis; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | fortis | strong, powerful; firm, resolute, steadfast,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | forctis | strong |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | forktis | strong, robust |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |