Where does “Brasileirão” come from?

Brasileirão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese brasileiro, from Portuguese brasil, from Portuguese -il, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Brasileirão (Portuguese): Brasileirão

Definitions

  1. Brasileirão

Ancestry of “Brasileirão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesebrasileiroOne who works with brazilwood; Brazilian;...
2Portuguesebrasilbrazilwood; relating to embers, ember-coloured
3Portuguese-il-ile
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Portuguese -il →