Where does “medronheiro” come from?

medronheiro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -eiro, from Old Portuguese -eiro, from Latin -arium, from Latin -arius, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

medronheiro (Portuguese): strawberry tree

Definitions

  1. strawberry tree

Ancestry of “medronheiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-eiro-er; -eer; forms nouns, from nouns denoting a...
2Old Portuguese-eiro-eer
3Latin-ariumUsed to form nouns denoting a "place where things...
4Latin-ariusUsed to form adjectives from nouns or numerals;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Portuguese -eiroEvery word from Latin -arius
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