Where does “solteirão” come from?
solteirão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese solteiro, from Old Portuguese solteiro, from Latin solitarius, 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.
solteirão (Portuguese): a man who remains single for too long
Definitions
- a man who remains single for too long
Ancestry of “solteirão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | solteiro | single; unmarried; celibate |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | solteiro | — |
| 3 | Latin | solitarius | solitary; lonely, lonesome |
| 4 | Latin | solitas | a being alone, loneliness, solitude; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |