Where does “tracinho” come from?
tracinho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese traço, from Portuguese traçar, from Vulgar Latin tractio, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
tracinho (Portuguese): hyphen
Definitions
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Ancestry of “tracinho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | traço | trace; track, trail; line |
| 2 | Portuguese | traçar | to make a stroke; to trace; to delineate; to... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | tractio | to delineate, score, trace |
| 4 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |