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familiar.

familiar (known to one)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/fa.mi.liˈaʁ/Brazil[fa.mi.liˈah]Brazil/fa.miˈljaʁ/Brazil[fa.miˈljah]Brazil

  1. familiar (known to one)

    feminine · masculine

  2. family

    feminine · masculine · relational
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-mo- Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁melós Proto-Italic *θamelos Proto-Italic *famelos Proto-Italic *fameliā Latin familia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin familiārisbor. Portuguese familiar Borrowed from Latin familiāris.

noun/fa.mi.liˈaʁ/Brazil[fa.mi.liˈah]Brazil/fa.miˈljaʁ/Brazil[fa.miˈljah]Brazil

  1. relative (person in the same family)

    masculine · plural-normally

  2. familiar (attendant spirit)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-mo- Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁melós Proto-Italic *θamelos Proto-Italic *famelos Proto-Italic *fameliā Latin familia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin familiārisbor. Portuguese familiar Borrowed from Latin familiāris.

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