Where does “verborrágico” come from?
verborrágico (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese verborragia, from Portuguese verbo, from Old Portuguese verbo, from Latin verbum, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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Ancestry of “verborrágico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | verborragia | verbiage, verbose |
| 2 | Portuguese | verbo | verb; language, use of words; saying, proverb,... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | verbo | — |
| 4 | Latin | verbum | word; proverb, saying; verb |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |