Where does “ortopédico” come from?
ortopédico (Spanish) comes from Portuguese ortopedia, from Portuguese orto-, from Ancient Greek ὀρθο-, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός, from Proto-Hellenic ortʰwós, from Proto-Indo-European h₃r̥dʰwós, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
ortopédico (Spanish): orthopedic; orthopedist
Definitions
- orthopedic; orthopedist
Ancestry of “ortopédico”, step by step
ortopédico traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese ortopedia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | ortopedia | orthopedics |
| 2 | Portuguese | orto- | ortho |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὀρθο- | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀρθός | straight, upright, erect; straight forward, in a... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | ortʰwós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃r̥dʰwós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
via Spanish ortopedia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ortopedia | orthopedics |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παιδεία | upbringing; training, education; youth, childhood |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παιδεύω | I raise, bring up a child; I train, teach,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παῖς | child, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | pā́wits | child |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂wids | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |