Where does “setentrião” come from?

setentrião (Portuguese) comes from Latin septentriō, from Latin Septem, from Proto-Italic septem, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

setentrião (Portuguese): north compass point

Definitions

  1. north compass point

Ancestry of “setentrião”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinseptentriōUrsa Major, Charles' Wain, the Big Dipper
2LatinSeptemseven; 7
3Proto-Italicseptemseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic septem →Every word from Latin Septem →