Where does “grandão” come from?
grandão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Grande, from Old Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, from Proto-Italic *grandis.
grandão (Portuguese): Augmentative of grande; hunk, burly
Definitions
- Augmentative of grande; hunk, burly
Ancestry of “grandão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Grande | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | grande | big, great |
| 3 | Latin | grandis | full-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, lofty;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *grandis | — |