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
Ancestry of “lixão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | lixo | garbage; waste; rubbish; rubbish bin; crap |
| 2 | Latin | lixa | lye; water; sutler, camp follower, attendant |
| 3 | Latin | *lixus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wleykʷ- | moist, to wet |