Where does “cangaceiro” come from?
cangaceiro (English) comes from Portuguese cangaceiro, from Portuguese cangaço, from Portuguese -aço, from Old Portuguese -aço, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
cangaceiro (English): A type of nomadic bandit in Northeast Brazil
Definitions
- A type of nomadic bandit in Northeast Brazil
Ancestry of “cangaceiro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cangaceiro | a type of nomadic bandit in the Northeast Region of Brazil |
| 2 | Portuguese | cangaço | a form of social banditry in the Northeast Region of Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries |
| 3 | Portuguese | -aço | Forming augmentatives; words expressing greatness... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | -aço | — |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |