Where does “cortiço” come from?
cortiço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cortiça, from Old Portuguese cortiça, from Latin corticea, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
cortiço (Portuguese): beehive; tenement; shanty town
Definitions
- beehive; tenement; shanty town
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