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Where does “sertão” come from?

sertão (English) comes from Portuguese sertão, from Portuguese desertão.

sertão (English): A vast region in the hinterlands of a country,...

Definitions

  1. A vast region in the hinterlands of a country,...

Ancestry of “sertão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesertãosertão
2Portuguesedesertão—
Every word from Portuguese desertão →