Where does “tia-avó” come from?
tia-avó (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tia, from Old Portuguese tia, from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek Θεία, from Ancient Greek θεῖος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
tia-avó (Portuguese): great-aunt
Definitions
- great-aunt
Ancestry of “tia-avó”, step by step
tia-avó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese tia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tia | aunt; colloquial term of address for any female... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | tia | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | thia | aunt |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Θεία | aunt |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | θεῖος | Of or from the gods or God, divine; Belonging or... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Θεός | God |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Portuguese Avô
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Avô | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | avoa | grandmother |
| 3 | Latin | aviōla | grandmother |
| 4 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |