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Where does “merdoso” come from?

merdoso (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese merda, from Old Portuguese merda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

merdoso (Portuguese): meaningless, insignificant, petty, pissass,...

Definitions

  1. meaningless, insignificant, petty, pissass,...

Ancestry of “merdoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemerdashit; faeces; a chunk of shit; piece of shit
2Old Portuguesemerda—
3Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
4Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench
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