Where does “tcaga” come from?

tcaga (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese chaga, from Old Portuguese chaga, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

tcaga (Guinea-Bissau Creole): sore

Definitions

  1. sore

Ancestry of “tcaga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesechagasore
2Old Portuguesechagasore, wound
3Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
4Latinplagius
5Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
6Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐοςEvery word from Ancient Greek πλάγιος
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