Where does “açorès” come from?
açorès (Catalan) comes from Catalan Açores, from Portuguese Açores, from Portuguese açor, from Old Portuguese açor, from Vulgar Latin acceptor, from Latin accipiter, from Latin accipio, from Latin ad- — in.
açorès (Catalan): Azorean
Definitions
- Azorean
Ancestry of “açorès”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | Açores | Azorean |
| 2 | Portuguese | Açores | Azores |
| 3 | Portuguese | açor | goshawk |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | açor | goshawk |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | acceptor | first-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | accipiter | hawk, merlin; a rapacious man |
| 7 | Latin | accipio | to receive, accept, take |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |