Where does “coação” come from?

coação (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese coar, from Old Portuguese coar, from Latin cōlāre.

coação (Portuguese): coercion; straining, filtering; leaching;...

Definitions

  1. coercion; straining, filtering; leaching;...

Ancestry of “coação”, step by step

coação traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese coar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecoarto strain, to filter; to distill
2Old Portuguesecoar—
3Latincōlāre—

via Latin coactio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincoactio—
Every word from Latin cōlāre →Every word from Old Portuguese coar →Every word from Portuguese coar →