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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | caramelo | caramel; candy made of caramel; any candy |
| 2 | Latin | calamellus | A little reed or pen |
| 3 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Portuguese pinhão
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pinhão | pine nut |
| 2 | Portuguese | pinha | pine cone; crowd, mass |
| 3 | Latin | pīnea | pinecone |
| 4 | Latin | -ea | nominative feminine singular of -eus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |