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Where does “bagaço” come from?

bagaço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -aço, from Old Portuguese -aço, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

bagaço (Portuguese): bagasse; pomace; marc

Definitions

  1. bagasse; pomace; marc

Ancestry of “bagaço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-açoForming augmentatives; words expressing greatness...
2Old Portuguese-aço—
3Latin-āceus—
4Latin-āx—
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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