Where does “soquinho” come from?

soquinho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Soco, from Portuguese socar, from Portuguese -ar, from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

soquinho (Portuguese): a soft punch

Definitions

  1. a soft punch

Ancestry of “soquinho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseSoco—
2Portuguesesocarto punch; to box
3Portuguese-arforms the impersonal infinitive of...
4Old Portuguese-ar—
5Latin-arepresent active infinitive of -ō; -āre;...
6Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
7Proto-Italic-ōd—
8Proto-Indo-European-éad—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →Every word from Portuguese -ar →Every word from Latin -o →