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Where does “escaldão” come from?

escaldão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -ão, from Old Portuguese -ão, from Latin -ānus.

escaldão (Portuguese): sunburn; scald, burn

Definitions

  1. sunburn; scald, burn

Ancestry of “escaldão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-ãoforms the augmentative of nouns; forms the...
2Old Portuguese-ão—
3Latin-ānus—
Every word from Latin -ānus →