Where does “boça” come from?

boça (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca — the lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...

boça (Portuguese): cable

Definitions

  1. cable

Ancestry of “boça”, step by step

boça traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese boca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebocamouth
2Latinbuccathe lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...

via Spanish boza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbozaboza

Words derived from “boça”

Every word from Latin bucca →Every word from Old Portuguese boca →