Where does “kamaron” come from?

kamaron (Mauritian Creole) comes from Portuguese camarão, from Portuguese -ão, from Old Portuguese -ão, from Latin -ānus — Of or pertaining to; -ian.

kamaron (Mauritian Creole): prawn, shrimp

Definitions

  1. prawn, shrimp

Ancestry of “kamaron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecamarãoshrimp
2Portuguese-ãoforms the augmentative of nouns; forms the...
3Old Portuguese-ão—
4Latin-ānusOf or pertaining to; -ian
Every word from Latin -ānus →Every word from Portuguese -ão →Every word from Portuguese camarão →
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