Where does “jurubaça” come from?
jurubaça (English) comes from Portuguese jurubaça, from Malay jurubahasa, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.
jurubaça (English): An interpreter of Portuguese in the Far East, particularly in Macau and other Portuguese colonies between the 16th and the 18th centuries
Definitions
- An interpreter of Portuguese in the Far East, particularly in Macau and other Portuguese colonies between the 16th and the 18th centuries
Ancestry of “jurubaça”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | jurubaça | jurubaça |
| 2 | Malay | jurubahasa | interpreter |
| 3 | Malay | bahasa | language; decorum, appropriate social behavior |
| 4 | Sanskrit | भाषा | speech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | भाष | — |