Where does “brasil” come from?

brasil (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -il, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

brasil (Portuguese): brazilwood; relating to embers, ember-coloured

Definitions

  1. brazilwood; relating to embers, ember-coloured

Ancestry of “brasil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-il-ile
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “brasil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Portuguese -il →