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Where does “metralhador” come from?

metralhador (Portuguese) comes from French mitrailler, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

Ancestry of “metralhador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmitraillerto machine-gun, to fire; to snap away; to pummel
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “metralhador”

  • submetralhadora
  • metralhadora
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