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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

  1. bagasse; residue of indigo after extracting the...

Ancestry of “bagasse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbagazobagasse
2Galician-azoForming nouns denoting belonging, relation,...
3Old Portuguese-aço—
4Latin-āceus—
5Latin-āx—
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “bagasse”

  • bagasse
  • bagassosis
  • bagascia
  • bagase
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →