Where does “renunciar” come from?

renunciar (Portuguese) comes from Latin renuntio, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

renunciar (Portuguese): to renounce

Definitions

  1. to renounce

Ancestry of “renunciar”, step by step

renunciar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin renuntio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrenuntioI report or announce; I reject, retract, renounce...
2Latinrĕ-back, backwards
3Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
4Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
5Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Latin renuntiāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrenuntiāre—

Words derived from “renunciar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →