Where does “mangueiral” come from?
mangueiral (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese mangueira, from Portuguese -eira, from Old Portuguese -eira, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
mangueiral (Portuguese): mango farm
Definitions
- mango farm
Ancestry of “mangueiral”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mangueira | hose; mango tree |
| 2 | Portuguese | -eira | female equivalent of -eiro; feminine of -eiro |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -eira | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āria | used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |