Where does “juazeiro” come from?

juazeiro (English) comes from Portuguese juazeiro, from Portuguese -zeiro, from Portuguese -eiro, from Old Portuguese -eiro, from Latin -arium, from Latin -arius, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

juazeiro (English): A small shrub, Sarcomphalus joazeiro, of the buckthorn family, native to Brazil

Definitions

  1. A small shrub, Sarcomphalus joazeiro, of the buckthorn family, native to Brazil

Ancestry of “juazeiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesejuazeirojuazeiro (Sarcomphalus joazeiro)
2Portuguese-zeiro
3Portuguese-eiro-er; -eer; forms nouns, from nouns denoting a...
4Old Portuguese-eiro-eer
5Latin-ariumUsed to form nouns denoting a "place where things...
6Latin-ariusUsed to form adjectives from nouns or numerals;...
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós
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