Where does “Makassar” come from?

Makassar (English) comes from Portuguese Macáçar, from Portuguese -ar, from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

Makassar (English): a port city in Indonesia

Definitions

  1. a port city in Indonesia

Ancestry of “Makassar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseMacáçar
2Portuguese-arforms the impersonal infinitive of...
3Old Portuguese-ar
4Latin-arepresent active infinitive of -ō; -āre;...
5Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
6Proto-Italic-ōd
7Proto-Indo-European-éad

Words derived from “Makassar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éadEvery word from Portuguese -arEvery word from Latin -o