Where does “semidesnatado” come from?

semidesnatado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese desnatado, from Spanish desnatar, from Spanish nata, from French natte, from Middle French nate, from Old French nate, from Vulgar Latin natta, from Latin matta — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

semidesnatado (Portuguese): semi-skimmed

Definitions

  1. semi-skimmed

Ancestry of “semidesnatado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedesnatadowithout cream
2Spanishdesnatarto remove the cream from milk; to remove the best...
3Spanishnatacream; skin; elite
4Frenchnatteplait (of hair), braid US
5Middle Frenchnate—
6Old Frenchnate—
7Vulgar Latinnatta—
8Latinmattanominative feminine singular of mattus;...
9Latinmattusdrunk, intoxicated
10Latinmaditus—
11Latinmaderepresent active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be...
12Latinmadeōto be wet or moist
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Latin madeō →Every word from Latin madere →