Where does “kamarãu” come from?

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

kamarãu (Nheengatu): shrimp any crustacean of the order

Definitions

  1. shrimp any crustacean of the order

Ancestry of “kamarãu”, 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 →