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Where does “cruzado” come from?

cruzado (English) comes from Portuguese cruzado, from Portuguese -ado, from Old Portuguese -ado, from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

cruzado (English): The monetary unit of Brazil from 1986 to 1990; An...

Definitions

  1. The monetary unit of Brazil from 1986 to 1990; An...

Ancestry of “cruzado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecruzadocruzado; crusader; crossed
2Portuguese-adoforms the masculine singular past participle of...
3Old Portuguese-ado-ed
4Latin-atus-ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →