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Where does “fazenda” come from?

fazenda (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese fazenda, from Latin facienda, from Latin faciendus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

fazenda (Portuguese): farm; public finances; a cloth

Definitions

  1. farm; public finances; a cloth

Ancestry of “fazenda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefazenda—
2Latinfaciendanominative feminine singular of faciendus;...
3Latinfacienduswhich is to be done or made
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “fazenda”

  • fazenda
  • фазенда
  • afazendar
  • fazendeiro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →