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Where does “pedreiro” come from?

pedreiro (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese -eiro, from Latin -arium, from Latin -arius, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “pedreiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguese-eiro-eer
2Latin-ariumUsed to form nouns denoting a "place where things...
3Latin-ariusUsed to form adjectives from nouns or numerals;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “pedreiro”

  • pedreiro
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