Where does “brasiguayo” come from?

brasiguayo (English) comes from Spanish brasiguayo, from Spanish brasileño, from Spanish brasil, from Spanish -il, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

brasiguayo (English): Any of a number of people groups who have cultural or social ties to both Brazil and Paraguay

Definitions

  1. Any of a number of people groups who have cultural or social ties to both Brazil and Paraguay

Ancestry of “brasiguayo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishbrasiguayoA person of Brazilian descent who lives or works in Paraguay
2SpanishbrasileñoBrazilian
3Spanishbrasilbrazil, brazilwood
4Spanish-il-ile
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Spanish -il →