Where does “capim” come from?

capim (Portuguese) comes from Old Tupi kapi'i, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔi.

capim (Portuguese): grass or grass-like plants such as sedge, especially tall, unkempt grass used as pasture

Definitions

  1. grass or grass-like plants such as sedge, especially tall, unkempt grass used as pasture

Ancestry of “capim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupikapi'igrass
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*kapiʔi—

Words derived from “capim”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔi →Every word from Old Tupi kapi'i →