Where does “bagasse” come from?
bagasse (French) comes from Spanish bagazo, from Galician -azo, from Old Portuguese -aço, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bagasse (French): bagasse; residue of indigo after extracting the...
Definitions
- bagasse; residue of indigo after extracting the...
Ancestry of “bagasse”, step by step
bagasse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish bagazo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | bagazo | bagasse |
| 2 | Galician | -azo | Forming nouns denoting belonging, relation,... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -aço | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Old Occitan bagassa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | bagassa | whore |