Where does “feijão-encarnado” come from?

feijão-encarnado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese encarnado, from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatus, from Latin incarnor, from Latin carō, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

feijão-encarnado (Portuguese): kidney bean

Definitions

  1. kidney bean

Ancestry of “feijão-encarnado”, step by step

feijão-encarnado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese encarnado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseencarnadored; incarnate; a person with a physical body, as...
2Ecclesiastical Latinincarnatushaving been made incarnate
3Latinincarnor
4Latincarōflesh, meat of an animal
5Proto-Italickarōpiece, portion; meat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Portuguese feijão

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefeijãobean
2Old Portuguesefeijõo
3LatinphaseolusA type of bean with an edible pod; in Antiquity:...
4Latinphaselusa kind of bean with an edible pod, French bean,...
5Ancient Greekφάσηλοςcowpea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-