Where does “cascudo” come from?

cascudo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -udo, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

cascudo (Portuguese): a punch on the head with the knuckles; any of...

Definitions

  1. a punch on the head with the knuckles; any of...

Ancestry of “cascudo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-udoA suffix appended to nouns of parts of the body...
2Latin-utus—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →