Where does “rodo” come from?
rodo (Portuguese) comes from Latin rutrum, from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
rodo (Portuguese): squeegee
Ancestry of “rodo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | rutrum | a shovel |
| 2 | Latin | -trum | forming instrument nouns |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -trom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |