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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueserazãoreason; reason; motive; correctness; rightness
2Old Portugueserazon
3Latinrationemaccusative singular of ratiō; reason
4Latinratioreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive,...
5Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
6Latinrēōrto reckon, calculate
7Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Portuguese ter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseterto have; must; to have to; there be
2Old Portuguesetẽer
3Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Italic rēōr