Where does “leilão” come from?
leilão (Portuguese) comes from Arabic إِعْلَام, from Arabic أَعْلَمَ — to inform.
leilão (Portuguese): auction
Ancestry of “leilão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | إِعْلَام | notice, instruction |
| 2 | Arabic | أَعْلَمَ | to inform |
Words derived from “leilão”