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Where does “Azorean” come from?

Azorean (English) comes from English Azores, from Portuguese Açores, from Portuguese açor, from Old Portuguese açor, from Vulgar Latin acceptor, from Latin accipiter, from Latin accipio, from Latin ad- — in.

Azorean (English): of, from, or relating to, the Azores; Someone...

Definitions

  1. of, from, or relating to, the Azores; Someone...

Ancestry of “Azorean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAzores—
2PortugueseAçoresAzores
3Portugueseaçorgoshawk
4Old Portugueseaçorgoshawk
5Vulgar Latinacceptorfirst-person singular present passive indicative...
6Latinaccipiterhawk, merlin; a rapacious man
7LatinaccipioI receive, accept, take; I hear , learn , learn;...
8Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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