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Where does “carriço” come from?

carriço (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese carriço, from Vulgar Latin cariceus, from Latin carex — sedges.

carriço (Portuguese): sedge

Definitions

  1. sedge

Ancestry of “carriço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecarriço—
2Vulgar Latincariceus—
3Latincarexsedges
Every word from Latin carex →