Where does “portentoso” come from?
portentoso (Spanish) comes from Latin portentōsus, from Latin portentus, from Latin portendo, from Latin por-, from Proto-Italic por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
portentoso (Spanish): prodigious, wonderful, marvelous, portentous
Definitions
- prodigious, wonderful, marvelous, portentous
Ancestry of “portentoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | portentōsus | — |
| 2 | Latin | portentus | indicated, pointed out; predicted, foretold |
| 3 | Latin | portendo | I indicate, point out; I predict, foretell,... |
| 4 | Latin | por- | forth, forward, further, onward |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | por- | forth, forward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |