fortificação
Portuguese
/foʁt͡ʃifikaˈsɐ̃w̃/, /fɔɾtifikɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
noun
Definitions
- fortification the act of fortifying
- fortification works erected to defend a place against attack
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fortificationem, fortificatio, fortis (strong, mighty, brave) affix from Portuguese fortificar.
Origin
Portuguese
fortificar
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fortis English
- *fortia Latin
- conforto Latin
- fortalitia Latin
- fortia Latin
- fortificare, fortifico Latin
- fortificationem, fortificatio Latin
- fortifico Latin
- fortificāre Latin
- fortificāre, fortificō, fortifico Latin
- fortificātiōnem, fortificātiō, fortificatio Latin
- fortis Latin
- fortiter Latin
- fortitudo Latin
- fortificazione Italian
- fortification French
- fuerte Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- fortificar Portuguese
- fort Polish
- fort Old French
- forta Esperanto
- fortificació Catalan, Valencian
- fortificâtion Norman
- fortë Albanian
- fortification Middle French
- fòrt Occitan
- fuercia Asturian
- forctis Old Latin
- fuorte Mirandese