Where does “sempre-viva” come from?
sempre-viva (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese sempre, from Old Portuguese sempre, from Latin semper, from Latin -per, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
sempre-viva (Portuguese): everlasting any of several species of flowering plants
Definitions
- everlasting any of several species of flowering plants
Ancestry of “sempre-viva”, step by step
sempre-viva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese sempre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | sempre | always |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | sempre | always |
| 3 | Latin | semper | always, ever |
| 4 | Latin | -per | Suffix used in the formation of adverbs from... |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Portuguese viva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | viva | feminine singular of vivo; hooray; hooray! |
| 2 | Portuguese | vivo | alive; lively; vivacious; having native speakers |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | vivo | — |
| 4 | Latin | vīvus | alive, living |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwos | alive, living |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |