Where does “tá bom” come from?
tá bom (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese estar, from Old Portuguese estar, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
tá bom (Portuguese): all right used to indicate agreement
Definitions
- all right used to indicate agreement
Ancestry of “tá bom”, step by step
tá bom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese estar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | estar | to be |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | estar | to be |
| 3 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via Portuguese bom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | bom | good; well, very well |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | bõo | good; ethical; good; pleasant |
| 3 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |