Where does “fazenda” come from?
fazenda (English) comes from Portuguese fazenda, from Old Portuguese fazenda, from Latin facienda, from Latin faciendus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
fazenda (English): A Brazilian plantation, often associated with...
Definitions
- A Brazilian plantation, often associated with...
Ancestry of “fazenda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | fazenda | farm; public finances; a cloth |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | fazenda | — |
| 3 | Latin | facienda | nominative feminine singular of faciendus;... |
| 4 | Latin | faciendus | which is to be done or made |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |