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Where does “bico” come from?

bico (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese bico, from Latin beccus, 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.

bico (Portuguese): beak; side job; pacifier

Definitions

  1. beak; side job; pacifier

Ancestry of “bico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebico—
2Latinbeccusbeak, bill
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

Words derived from “bico”

  • bicudo
  • biquinho
  • bica
  • bicar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →