Where does “seborá” come from?

seborá (Old Tupi) comes from Portuguese cebola, from Old Portuguese cebola, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

seborá (Old Tupi): onion (Allium cepa)

Definitions

  1. onion (Allium cepa)

Ancestry of “seborá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecebolaonion
2Old Portuguesecebola
3Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
Every word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin cēpullaEvery word from Old Portuguese cebola