Where does “canhonaço” come from?

canhonaço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese canhão, from Spanish cañón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

canhonaço (Portuguese): cannon shot

Definitions

  1. cannon shot

Ancestry of “canhonaço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecanhãocannon artillery piece
2Spanishcañóncanyon
3Spanish-ónemphasizes that something is large, grand,...
4English-önForming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta
5English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
6EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
7GermanKetonketone
8GermanAketonacetone
9Frenchacétoneacetone
10Latinacētumvinegar
11French-ateate
12Latin-ātused
13Proto-Italic-ātos
14Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from French -ate