Where does “lixão” come from?

lixão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese lixo, from Latin lixa, from Latin *lixus, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

lixão (Portuguese): dump; landfill

Definitions

  1. dump; landfill

Ancestry of “lixão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueselixogarbage; waste; rubbish; rubbish bin; crap
2Latinlixalye; water; sutler, camp follower, attendant
3Latin*lixusnow the Loukkos
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- →Every word from Latin *lixus →Every word from Latin lixa →