Where does “roteirista” come from?

roteirista (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese roteiro, from Portuguese rota, from Malay rotan, from Malay raut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *raut, from Catalan rauc, from Latin raucus, from Latin -cus — -y, -ic.

roteirista (Portuguese): screenwriter; person who chooses a maritime...

Definitions

  1. screenwriter; person who chooses a maritime...

Ancestry of “roteirista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseroteiroitinerary; guide book; screenplay, script
2Portugueserotaroute; combat; defeat
3Malayrotanrattan; to cane with a rattan; to cane
4Malayrautto trim, pare down
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*raut
6Catalanrauccroak; hoarse
7Latinraucushoarse; harsh, rough, grating, husky; raucous
8Latin-cussuffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix...
9Proto-Italic-kos
10Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Latin -cusEvery word from Latin raucus