ação

Portuguese

/a.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

noun

Definitions

action
lawsuit
share (stocks and bonds)
fight; engagement (military)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese auçon inherited from Latin āctiō (action, act of doing making).

Origin

Latin

āctiō

Gloss

action, act of doing making

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

reactio Latin
āctiō Latin
Aktion German
actie Dutch, Flemish
*h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
crime Portuguese
des Portuguese
descriminação Portuguese
inação Portuguese
aktion Danish
aucion Old French
akcija Serbo-Croatian
actie Middle Dutch
auçon Old Portuguese
accion Occitan
azzioni Sicilian