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Where does “representante” come from?

representante (Portuguese) comes from Latin repraesentans, from Latin repraesento, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

representante (Portuguese): someone or something which represents;...

Definitions

  1. someone or something which represents;...

Ancestry of “representante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrepraesentansrepresenting, displaying
2LatinrepraesentoI represent, depict; I display, exhibit or show
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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