Where does “velarizar” come from?
velarizar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese velar, from Latin vēlō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
velarizar (Portuguese): to velarize
Definitions
- to velarize
Ancestry of “velarizar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | velar | velar; to veil; to veil; to conceal; to hide |
| 2 | Latin | vēlō | to cover, wrap, veil |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |