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
- seafood restaurant; woman who sells seafood
Ancestry of “marisqueira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | marisco | shellfish; seafood |
| 2 | Portuguese | isco | bait |
| 3 | Galician | isca | tinder; bait; shoo! |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | isca | — |
| 5 | Latin | ēsca | — |
| 6 | Latin | edō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |