Where does “autorretrato” come from?
autorretrato (Spanish) comes from Spanish retrato, from Italian ritratto, from Latin retractus, from Latin retrahō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
autorretrato (Spanish): self-portrait
Ancestry of “autorretrato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | retrato | portrait; portraiture; portrayal |
| 2 | Italian | ritratto | drawn back, withdrawn; portrayed, drawn,... |
| 3 | Latin | retractus | withdrawn |
| 4 | Latin | retrahō | — |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |