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Where does “mágoa” come from?

mágoa (Galician) comes from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.

mágoa (Galician): minor injury, wound, or excoriation; shame;...

Definitions

  1. minor injury, wound, or excoriation; shame;...

Ancestry of “mágoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMacula—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
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