Where does “regaço” come from?

regaço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese regaçar, from Vulgar Latin *captiare, from Latin capere, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

regaço (Portuguese): lap space in front of the lower abdomen, or over the legs of a seated person

Definitions

  1. lap space in front of the lower abdomen, or over the legs of a seated person

Ancestry of “regaço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseregaçar—
2Vulgar Latin*captiare—
3Latincaperepresent active infinitive of capiō; second-person...
4Proto-Italickapiōtake
5Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
6Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Words derived from “regaço”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti →Every word from Proto-Italic kapjō →
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