Where does “caribenho” come from?

caribenho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -enho, from Latin -ēnus, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

caribenho (Portuguese): Caribbean pertaining to the sea and region bounded by the American continent and the West Indies

Definitions

  1. Caribbean pertaining to the sea and region bounded by the American continent and the West Indies

Ancestry of “caribenho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-enhoforms the names of residents or inhabitants of a...
2Latin-ēnusOf or pertaining to; -ine
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -ēnus →Every word from Portuguese -enho →
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