Where does “transumância” come from?

transumância (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese transumar, from Latin transumo, from Latin sumō, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

transumância (Portuguese): transhumance the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures

Definitions

  1. transhumance the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures

Ancestry of “transumância”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetransumarto practice transhumance
2Latintransumoto take from one to another
3Latinsumōto take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate
4Latinsub-under, sub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Latin sub- →