Where does “risco” come from?
risco (Portuguese) comes from Spanish risco, from Vulgar Latin *resecum, from Latin reseco, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
risco (Portuguese): line; scratch; a draft of a blueprint
Definitions
- line; scratch; a draft of a blueprint
Ancestry of “risco”, step by step
risco traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish risco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | risco | crack; cliff; crag |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *resecum | — |
| 3 | Latin | reseco | I cut off or loose; I curtail, stop; I check,... |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French risqué
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | risqué | risky; risque, risqué; past participle of risquer |
| 2 | Middle French | risque | — |
| 3 | Italian | rischiare | to risk, take the plunge |
| 4 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Portuguese riscar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | riscar | to scratch, delete, suppress; to strike |