Portuguese etymology in numbers
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Counted from the etymologies of the 1 Portuguese entry in this dictionary, and recounted every few hours as entries are added. See also Portuguese words by origin.
Borrowed, inherited or formed
Each entry counted once: as borrowed if its etymology names a language it was taken from, else as inherited, else as formed within Portuguese.
- Borrowed 0% · 0 taken from another language
- Inherited 100% · 1 passed down from an ancestor of Portuguese
- Formed in Portuguese 0% · 0 compounds and derivatives of its own words
- Not traced yet 0% · 0 no etymology links yet
Ultimate origins by language family
Where the 1 traced word end up when their etymologies are followed back as far as they go, from entry to entry, grouped into families and the branches of Indo-European.
- Italic 1 · 100% Proto-Italic 1
When the words arrived
The 1 entry with a first-attestation date, by century and by the language each was borrowed from. Browse the words of each century →
- Inherited or formed
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| Century | Inherited or formed | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 13th century | 1 | 1 |
Words other languages took from Portuguese
47 entries of other languages in this dictionary were borrowed from Portuguese or its earlier stages.
Most prolific roots
The words that the most Portuguese entries go back to, at the far end of their etymologies.
- 1 Proto-Italic *akʷā → água
Longest journeys
The Portuguese words whose etymologies pass through the most languages, followed from entry to entry.