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Where does “fregués” come from?

fregués (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese feegres, from Latin fil(ius) ecclesiae.

fregués (Galician): parishioner

Definitions

  1. parishioner

Ancestry of “fregués”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefeegres—
2Latinfil(ius) ecclesiae—

Words derived from “fregués”

  • freguesía
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