Where does “Estragos Unidos” come from?

Estragos Unidos (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Estados Unidos, from English United States — The collection of individual states of the United States of America.

Ancestry of “Estragos Unidos”, step by step

Estragos Unidos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Estados Unidos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseEstados UnidosUnited States
2EnglishUnited StatesThe collection of individual states of the United States of America

via Portuguese estrago

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseestragodestruction
2Latinstrāgem—
Every word from English United States →Every word from Portuguese Estados Unidos →