Where does “capoeira” come from?
capoeira (French) comes from Portuguese capoeira, from Portuguese -eira, from Old Portuguese -eira, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
capoeira (French): capoeira
Definitions
- capoeira
Ancestry of “capoeira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | capoeira | henhouse; brothel; a martial art developed in... |
| 2 | Portuguese | -eira | female equivalent of -eiro; feminine of -eiro |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -eira | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āria | used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |