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Where does “suspensão” come from?

suspensão (Portuguese) comes from Latin suspensio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

suspensão (Portuguese): suspension; interruption; postponement, stay

Definitions

  1. suspension; interruption; postponement, stay

Ancestry of “suspensão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuspensioarching, vaulting; suspension
2Latin-tiō—
3Latindissertātiō—
4Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
5Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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