Where does “talvez” come from?
talvez (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tal, from Old Portuguese tal, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
talvez (Portuguese): perhaps; maybe
Definitions
- perhaps; maybe
Ancestry of “talvez”, step by step
talvez traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese tal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tal | such; one |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | tal | — |
| 3 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via Portuguese vez
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | vez | time; occasion; move; turn; move |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | vez | — |
| 3 | Latin | vicis | change, alternation, turn; time, instance; season |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |