Where does “sustentável” come from?

sustentável (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese sustentar, from Latin sustento, from Latin sustineo, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sustentável (Portuguese): tenable; defensible; bearable

Definitions

  1. tenable; defensible; bearable

Ancestry of “sustentável”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesustentarto sustain; to support, underpin
2LatinsustentoI uphold, support, prop or sustain; I endure or...
3LatinsustineoI hold up or upright, uphold, keep up, bear up,...
4Latinsub-under, sub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “sustentável”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Latin sub- →