Where does “braçudo” come from?

braçudo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Braço, from Old Portuguese braço, from Latin brachium, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

braçudo (Portuguese): having big, long or strong arms

Definitions

  1. having big, long or strong arms

Ancestry of “braçudo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseBraçoarm upper limb
2Old Portuguesebraçoarm
3LatinbrachiumAlternative form of bracchium; arm, branch; limb
4Latinbracchiumforearm; arm; limb of an animal
5Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
6Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ-