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Where does “fraquejar” come from?

fraquejar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -ejar, from Old Portuguese -ejar, from Late Latin -izō.

fraquejar (Portuguese): to weaken

Definitions

  1. to weaken

Ancestry of “fraquejar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-ejar-le; forms verbs meaning “to use, apply or...
2Old Portuguese-ejar—
3Late Latin-izō—
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