Where does “urinar” come from?
urinar (Portuguese) comes from French urinaire, from French urine, from Middle French urine, from Old French orine, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.
urinar (Portuguese): to urinate
Ancestry of “urinar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | urinaire | urinary |
| 2 | French | urine | urine; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Middle French | urine | urine |
| 4 | Old French | orine | urine; breeding; heritage |
| 5 | Latin | orīgō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |