Where does “xewar” come from?

xewar (Guajajára) comes from Portuguese cevada, from Old Portuguese cevada, from Latin cibata, from Latin cibatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

xewar (Guajajára): barley

Definitions

  1. barley

Ancestry of “xewar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecevadabarley
2Old Portuguesecevada—
3Latincibatanominative feminine singular of cibātus;...
4Latincibatusfed, given food; food
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin cibatus →