Where does “chavasco” come from?
chavasco (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese chuvasco, from Spanish chubasco, from Galician chuvasco, from Galician chuvia, from Old Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit.
chavasco (Portuguese): badly made; of low quality; botched; rude; rough;...
Definitions
- badly made; of low quality; botched; rude; rough;...
Ancestry of “chavasco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | chuvasco | downpour; shower |
| 2 | Spanish | chubasco | downpour, squall |
| 3 | Galician | chuvasco | downpour; shower |
| 4 | Galician | chuvia | rain |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | chuvia | rain |
| 6 | Latin | pluvia | rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | pluvius | rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a... |
| 8 | Latin | pluit | It rains; it is raining |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | plowō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pléweti | — |