Where does “telheiro” come from?
telheiro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese telha, from Vulgar Latin tegla, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
telheiro (Portuguese): overhang (portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building)
Definitions
- overhang (portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building)
Ancestry of “telheiro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | telha | tile, especially a roof tile |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | tegla | — |
| 3 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 4 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |