Where does “tira-agrafos” come from?

tira-agrafos (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tira, from Portuguese tirar, from Old Portuguese tirar, from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre.

tira-agrafos (Portuguese): staple remover

Definitions

  1. staple remover

Ancestry of “tira-agrafos”, step by step

tira-agrafos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese tira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetirastrip; comic strip; cop; police officer
2Portuguesetirarto take, take out, take away; to remove,...
3Old Portuguesetirar—
4Vulgar Latin*tīrāre—

via Portuguese agrafos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseagrafosplural of agrafo; staples
Every word from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre →Every word from Old Portuguese tirar →Every word from Portuguese tirar →