Where does “tição” come from?
tição (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese tiçon, from Latin titio, from Proto-Italic tītjō, from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- — to become hot, melt "or" to end.
tição (Portuguese): firebrand; ember, live coal; A person with dark...
Definitions
- firebrand; ember, live coal; A person with dark...
Ancestry of “tição”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | tiçon | — |
| 2 | Latin | titio | firebrand |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tītjō | heating |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | teih₁- | to become hot, melt "or" to end |