Where does “-açu” come from?

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

-açu (Portuguese): forms augmentative of nouns

Definitions

  1. forms augmentative of nouns

Ancestry of “-açu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupi-gûasucombining form of gûasu; big
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-wat͡ʃuaugmentative suffix

Words derived from “-açu”

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