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Where does “maiu” come from?

maiu (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese maiô, from French Maillot, from Italian maglia, from Old Occitan malha, from Latin macula, from French -is, from Old French -eiz, from Latin -icius — -y, -ic.

maiu (Kabuverdianu): May; Maio; One of the ten islands of Cape Verde

Definitions

  1. May; Maio; One of the ten islands of Cape Verde

Ancestry of “maiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemaiômaillot
2FrenchMaillot—
3Italianmagliastitch; link; mesh
4Old Occitanmalha—
5Latinmaculain a bad sense; in a neutral sense; ablative...
6French-isSuffix forming the first-person singular present...
7Old French-eiz—
8Latin-icius-itious
9Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
10Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
11Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
12Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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