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Where does “linguiça” come from?

linguiça (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese linguainça.

linguiça (Portuguese): linguica, longaniza, long pork sausage

Definitions

  1. linguica, longaniza, long pork sausage

Ancestry of “linguiça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueselinguainça—

Words derived from “linguiça”

  • linguica
Every word from Old Portuguese linguainça →