Where does “sustento” come from?

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

sustento (Portuguese): sustenance, support

Definitions

  1. sustenance, support

Ancestry of “sustento”, 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-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Latin sub- →