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Where does “maçada” come from?

maçada (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese maça, from Old Portuguese maça, from Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

maçada (Portuguese): blow from a mace; inconvenience, nuisance,...

Definitions

  1. blow from a mace; inconvenience, nuisance,...

Ancestry of “maçada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemaçamace; mallet
2Old Portuguesemaça—
3Latinmattia—
4LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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