Where does “tribulação” come from?

tribulação (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin tribulatio, from Latin tribulāre, from Latin trībulum, from Latin -bulum, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

tribulação (Portuguese): tribulation; adversity an unfavourable event

Definitions

  1. tribulation; adversity an unfavourable event

Ancestry of “tribulação”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintribulatiodistress, trouble, tribulation, affliction;...
2Latintribulāre
3Latintrībulumthreshing board, threshing sledge
4Latin-bulum
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlomEvery word from Latin -bulumEvery word from Latin trībulum
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