Where does “cangaço” come from?
cangaço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -aço, from Old Portuguese -aço, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
cangaço (Portuguese): a form of social banditry in the Northeast Region of Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Definitions
- a form of social banditry in the Northeast Region of Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Ancestry of “cangaço”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | -aço | Forming augmentatives; words expressing greatness... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | -aço | — |
| 3 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |