Where does “acha” come from?
acha (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese acha, from Vulgar Latin ascla, from Latin astula, from Latin assula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
acha (Portuguese): billet; battle-axe
Ancestry of “acha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | acha | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | ascla | sliver; Sliver, splint, splinter, chip, or spall |
| 3 | Latin | astula | — |
| 4 | Latin | assula | splinter, shaving, chip, shiver; shingle |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |