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Where does “catinguento” come from?

catinguento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -ento, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

catinguento (Portuguese): reeking; stinky

Definitions

  1. reeking; stinky

Ancestry of “catinguento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-ento-y; having a certain quality
2Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
3Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
4Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body
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