Where does “mãozudo” come from?

mãozudo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese mão, from Old Portuguese mão, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

mãozudo (Portuguese): having big hands

Definitions

  1. having big hands

Ancestry of “mãozudo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemãohand
2Old Portuguesemãohand
3Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
5Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-
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