Where does “Açores” come from?
Açores (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese açor, from Old Portuguese açor, from Vulgar Latin acceptor, from Latin accipiter, from Latin accipio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
Açores (Portuguese): Azores
Definitions
- Azores
Ancestry of “Açores”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | açor | goshawk |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | açor | goshawk |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | acceptor | first-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | accipiter | hawk, merlin; a rapacious man |
| 5 | Latin | accipio | to receive, accept, take |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |