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Where does “marisqueira” come from?

marisqueira (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese marisco, from Portuguese isco, from Galician isca, from Old Portuguese isca, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

marisqueira (Portuguese): seafood restaurant; woman who sells seafood

Definitions

  1. seafood restaurant; woman who sells seafood

Ancestry of “marisqueira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemariscoshellfish; seafood
2Portugueseiscobait
3Galicianiscatinder; bait; shoo!
4Old Portugueseisca—
5Latinēsca—
6Latinedō—
7Latin-ilis-ile
8Proto-Italic-elis—
9Proto-Indo-European-elis—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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