Where does “cachaceiro” come from?
cachaceiro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cachaça, from Portuguese cachaço, from Portuguese -aço, from Old Portuguese -aço, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
cachaceiro (Portuguese): drunkard, alcoholic
Definitions
- drunkard, alcoholic
Ancestry of “cachaceiro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cachaça | cachaça; Generic term for alcoholic beverages |
| 2 | Portuguese | cachaço | boar |
| 3 | Portuguese | -aço | Forming augmentatives; words expressing greatness... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | -aço | — |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |