Where does “camarão” come from?
camarão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -ão, from Old Portuguese -ão, from Latin -ānus.
camarão (Portuguese): shrimp
Ancestry of “camarão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | -ão | forms the augmentative of nouns; forms the... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | -ão | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ānus | — |
Words derived from “camarão”