Where does “mágoa” come from?

mágoa (Portuguese) comes from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.

mágoa (Portuguese): grief; sorrow; resentment

Definitions

  1. grief; sorrow; resentment

Ancestry of “mágoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMacula—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂ →Every word from Latin Macula →