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Where does “tangível” come from?

tangível (Portuguese) comes from Latin tangibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

tangível (Portuguese): tangible; touchable; tangible

Definitions

  1. tangible; touchable; tangible

Ancestry of “tangível”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintangibilistouchable, tangible; able to be touched or sensed
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlis—
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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