tio
Portuguese
/ˈtiu/, /ˈt͡ʃiw/, /ˈtiw/
noun
Definitions
- uncle brother of someone's father or mother, or an aunt's husband
- (Brazil) uncle term of address for any adult
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese tio inherited from Latin thīus derived from Ancient Greek θεῖος (divine, uncle).
Origin
Ancient Greek
θεῖος
Gloss
divine, uncle
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- thius Latin
- thīus Latin
- tius Latin
- zio Italian
- tío Spanish, Castilian
- θειάζω Ancient Greek
- θεός Ancient Greek
- θεῖος Ancient Greek
- *dʰeh₁(y)- Proto-Indo-European
- avô Portuguese
- tio-avô Portuguese
- tio Catalan, Valencian
- tío Galician
- θείος Greek (modern)
- tiyo Cebuano
- tito Tagalog
- tio Old Portuguese
- tio Old Spanish
- tio Papiamentu
- tiu Kabuverdianu
- tiyo Bikol Central
- *tʰḗhyos Proto-Hellenic