Where does “carapinhão” come from?

carapinhão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese caramelo, from Latin calamellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

carapinhão (Portuguese): a flavor of caramel and pine nut, characteristic of ice cream

Definitions

  1. a flavor of caramel and pine nut, characteristic of ice cream

Ancestry of “carapinhão”, step by step

carapinhão traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese caramelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecaramelocaramel; candy made of caramel; any candy
2LatincalamellusA little reed or pen
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Portuguese pinhão

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepinhãopine nut
2Portuguesepinhapine cone; crowd, mass
3Latinpīneapinecone
4Latin-eanominative feminine singular of -eus; nominative...
5Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
6Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
7Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
8Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus