Where does “açougue” come from?

açougue (Old Portuguese) comes from Arabic اَلسُّوق, from Aramaic שוקא, from Akkadian 𒋻, from Akkadian 𒆸, from Sumerian 𒆸 — block, slab; to make clod.

Ancestry of “açougue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicاَلسُّوق—
2Aramaicשוקאstreet; square, plaza, forum; market, bazaar
3Akkadian𒋻divide, cut off
4Akkadian𒆸"upqu" "block"
5Sumerian𒆸block, slab; to make clod

Words derived from “açougue”

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