Where does “babasú” come from?

babasú (Nheengatu) comes from Old Tupi 'ybagûasu, from Old Tupi -gûasu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu — augmentative suffix.

babasú (Nheengatu): any palm tree in the genera Orbignya and Attalea

Definitions

  1. any palm tree in the genera Orbignya and Attalea

Ancestry of “babasú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupi'ybagûasucitron
2Old Tupi-gûasucombining form of gûasu; big
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-wat͡ʃuaugmentative suffix
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu →Every word from Old Tupi -gûasu →Every word from Old Tupi 'ybagûasu →
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