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Where does “bocado” come from?

bocado (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese bocado, from Old Portuguese -ado, from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

bocado (Portuguese): mouthful; delicacy; a somewhat large amount of...

Definitions

  1. mouthful; delicacy; a somewhat large amount of...

Ancestry of “bocado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebocado—
2Old Portuguese-ado-ed
3Latin-atus-ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →