Where does “fraga” come from?
fraga (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese fraga, from Vulgar Latin fraga, from Latin fragum, from Latin fragōsus, from Latin fragor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
fraga (Portuguese): cliff
Definitions
- cliff
Ancestry of “fraga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | fraga | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fraga | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of frāgum |
| 3 | Latin | fragum | strawberry |
| 4 | Latin | fragōsus | fragile, brittle |
| 5 | Latin | fragor | a breaking, shattering; a crash; an uproar, din |
| 6 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |