Where does “etamusu” come from?

etamusu (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi -gûasu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu — augmentative suffix.

etamusu (Old Tupi): city

Definitions

  1. city

Ancestry of “etamusu”, step by step

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