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
Ancestry of “cortiço”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cortiça | cork |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cortiça | — |
| 3 | Latin | corticea | — |
| 4 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |