Where does “capachinho” come from?
capachinho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Capacho, from Spanish capacho, from Spanish capazo, from Spanish -azo, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
capachinho (Portuguese): Diminutive of capacho; wig
Definitions
- Diminutive of capacho; wig
Ancestry of “capachinho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Capacho | doormat coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house |
| 2 | Spanish | capacho | Having horns pointing flat out to the sides |
| 3 | Spanish | capazo | Big basket |
| 4 | Spanish | -azo | Forming augmentatives; words expressing greatness... |
| 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 |