descobrir
Portuguese
/dɨʃ.ku.ˈβɾiɾ/, /des.ko.ˈbɾi(ʁ)/
verb
Definitions
- to discover to find something for the first time
- to uncover to remove something’s cover
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese descobrir (find out) inherited from Latin discoperīre, dis- (apart, away, utterly, indicating negation, two, not, double, assunder, in different directions, exceedingly, twice, asunder) prefix from Portuguese cobrir.
Origin
Portuguese
cobrir
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disclosure English
- *disfacere Latin
- *disfacio, *disfaciō, disfacere Latin
- *disfaciō Latin
- *disglaciāre Latin
- *disglaciō Latin
- *disiugō Latin
- *disiūnāre Latin
- dis- Latin
- discalceāre Latin
- discalceātus Latin
- discalceō Latin
- discantāre Latin
- disclaudere Latin
- discomputō Latin
- discoopertus Latin
- discoperiō Latin
- discoperīre Latin
- disculceātus Latin
- diserrāre Latin
- disligāre Latin
- disligō Latin
- dislocatus Latin
- dispareo, disparere Latin
- displicare Latin
- displicāre Latin
- dissēparāre Latin
- dissēperāre, dissepero, *dissēperō Latin
- divergere Latin
- dīspēnsa Latin
- ieiūnus Latin
- dis- Italian
- discoprire Italian
- des- French
- dis- French
- desarrollar Spanish, Castilian
- descubrir Spanish, Castilian
- desplegar Spanish, Castilian
- dis- Spanish, Castilian
- disgustar Spanish, Castilian
- *dwís Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- cobrir Portuguese
- descobridor Portuguese
- descobrimento Portuguese
- dis- Portuguese
- encobrir Portuguese
- recobrir Portuguese
- redescobrir Portuguese
- dis- Middle English
- de- Old French
- debatre Old French
- derroi Old French
- des- Old French
- desconfit Old French
- descovrir Old French
- desguiser Old French
- desservir Old French
- dis- Esperanto
- des- Catalan, Valencian
- dejuga Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- des- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- descoperi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- desfăta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dez- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dezvoalbe Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃- Gothic
- cobrir Old Portuguese
- des- Old Portuguese
- descobrir Old Portuguese
- descubrir Asturian
- discuvierzi Friulian
- des- Old Occitan
- descobrir Old Occitan
- dez- Old Occitan
- des- Old Spanish
- desvanar Old Spanish
- descovèrzar Venetian