Where does “saudade” come from?
saudade (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese soydade, from Latin solitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
saudade (Portuguese): wistfulness, nostalgia, longing, the feeling of...
Definitions
- wistfulness, nostalgia, longing, the feeling of...
Ancestry of “saudade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | soydade | the feeling of missing something or someone |
| 2 | Latin | solitas | a being alone, loneliness, solitude; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |