Where does “kupuasu” come from?

kupuasu (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi kupu'yûasu, from Old Tupi -gûasu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu — augmentative suffix.

Ancestry of “kupuasu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupikupu'yûasuCopoasu, a tropical fruit tree native to South...
2Old Tupi-gûasucombining form of gûasu; big
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-wat͡ʃuaugmentative suffix

Words derived from “kupuasu”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu →Every word from Old Tupi -gûasu →Every word from Old Tupi kupu'yûasu →