Where does “coisa” come from?
coisa (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese cousa, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.
coisa (Portuguese): thing; thingamajig; gizmo, thingy
Definitions
- thing; thingamajig; gizmo, thingy
Ancestry of “coisa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | cousa | thing |
| 2 | Latin | causa | cause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,... |
| 3 | Old Latin | caussa | cause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kawd-teh₂ | — |
Words derived from “coisa”