Where does “lixo” come from?

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

lixo (Portuguese): garbage; waste; rubbish; rubbish bin; crap

Definitions

  1. garbage; waste; rubbish; rubbish bin; crap

Ancestry of “lixo”, step by step

lixo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin lixa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlixalye; water; sutler, camp follower, attendant
2Latin*lixusnow the Loukkos
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet

via Old Portuguese lixo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueselixo—

Words derived from “lixo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- →Every word from Latin *lixus →Every word from Latin lixa →