Where does “empadão” come from?
empadão (English) comes from Portuguese empadão, from Portuguese empada, from Spanish empanada, from Spanish empañar, from Spanish en-, from Old Spanish en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
empadão (English): A traditional Portuguese dish, made in an oven, consisting of a layer of meat or seafood between layers of starchy ingredients
Definitions
- A traditional Portuguese dish, made in an oven, consisting of a layer of meat or seafood between layers of starchy ingredients
Ancestry of “empadão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | empadão | empadão |
| 2 | Portuguese | empada | a type of meat or fish pie with a very crumbly... |
| 3 | Spanish | empanada | empanada; fraud; feminine singular of empanado |
| 4 | Spanish | empañar | to put a nappy/diaper on; to steam up; to fog up,... |
| 5 | Spanish | en- | en- all meanings |
| 6 | Old Spanish | en- | — |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |