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
- of, from, or relating to, the Azores; Someone...
Ancestry of “Azorean”, step by step
Azorean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Azores
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Azores | officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores |
| 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 |