Where does “medonho” come from?

medonho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese medo, from Latin Mēdus, from Ancient Greek Μῆδος, from Old Median Mada.

medonho (Portuguese): hideous, dreadful, awful, ghastly

Definitions

  1. hideous, dreadful, awful, ghastly

Ancestry of “medonho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemedofear
2LatinMēdus—
3Ancient GreekΜῆδοςan inhabitant of Media; a Mede or Median
4Old MedianMada—
Every word from Old Median Mada →Every word from Ancient Greek Μῆδος →Every word from Latin Mēdus →