Where does “ter razão” come from?
ter razão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese razão, from Old Portuguese razon, from Latin rationem, from Latin ratio, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ter razão (Portuguese): to be right, to be correct
Definitions
- to be right, to be correct
Ancestry of “ter razão”, step by step
ter razão traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese razão
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | razão | reason; reason; motive; correctness; rightness |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | razon | — |
| 3 | Latin | rationem | accusative singular of ratiō; reason |
| 4 | Latin | ratio | reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive,... |
| 5 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 6 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |