Where does “louro” come from?
louro (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese louro, from Latin laurus, from English -aceous, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
louro (Portuguese): blond; laurel; laurel leaf, used as food
Definitions
- blond; laurel; laurel leaf, used as food
Ancestry of “louro”, step by step
louro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese louro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | louro | dark coloured |
| 2 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 3 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 4 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |