Where does “bicheiro” come from?

bicheiro (English) comes from Portuguese bicheiro, from Portuguese -eiro, from Old Portuguese -eiro, from Latin -arium, from Latin -arius, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

bicheiro (English): One who runs an illegal numbers game in South America

Definitions

  1. One who runs an illegal numbers game in South America

Ancestry of “bicheiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebicheirobicheiro
2Portuguese-eiro-er; -eer; forms nouns, from nouns denoting a...
3Old Portuguese-eiro-eer
4Latin-ariumUsed to form nouns denoting a "place where things...
5Latin-ariusUsed to form adjectives from nouns or numerals;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Portuguese -eiroEvery word from Latin -arius