Where does “triunvirato” come from?
triunvirato (Portuguese) comes from Latin triumvīrātus, from Latin triumviri, from Latin triumvir, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
triunvirato (Portuguese): triumvirate political regime dominated by three powerful individuals
Definitions
- triumvirate political regime dominated by three powerful individuals
Ancestry of “triunvirato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | triumvīrātus | triumvirate (rank or office of a triumvir) |
| 2 | Latin | triumviri | nominative plural of triumvir; genitive singular... |
| 3 | Latin | triumvir | triumvir, whether a member of an official... |
| 4 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |