Where does “tamanho” come from?
tamanho (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese tamanno, from Latin tam magnus, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
tamanho (Portuguese): very large, huge; size
Ancestry of “tamanho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | tamanno | very large, huge |
| 2 | Latin | tam magnus | very big; size |
| 3 | Latin | tam | so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | téh₂m | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |