Where does “remendável” come from?

remendável (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese remendar, from Portuguese emendar, from Old Portuguese emendar, from Latin emendare, from Latin emendo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex — whale, sea monster; abyss.

remendável (Portuguese): mendable

Definitions

  1. mendable

Ancestry of “remendável”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseremendarto mend; to repair something crudely
2Portugueseemendarto amend; to join, splice
3Old Portugueseemendar
4Latinemendarepresent active infinitive of ēmendō;...
5LatinemendoI free from faults, correct, improve, remedy,...
6Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
7LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
8LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
9Latincommūnicōto impart, share
10Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
11Old Latincom(m)oinis
12Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt
17Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
18Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
19Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτοςEvery word from Old Church Slavonic китъEvery word from Russian кит