Where does “suavidade” come from?
suavidade (Portuguese) comes from Latin suavitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
suavidade (Portuguese): softness; smoothness; mildness, gentleness
Definitions
- softness; smoothness; mildness, gentleness
Ancestry of “suavidade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | suavitas | sweetness ; melodiousness, tunefulness ;... |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |