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Where does “transpiração” come from?

transpiração (Portuguese) comes from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from Latin transpiro, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

transpiração (Portuguese): perspiration

Definitions

  1. perspiration

Ancestry of “transpiração”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintranspiratio—
2Latintranspiro—
3Latintrāns—
4LatinPadus—
5LeponticBodincus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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