Where does “monstrengo” come from?

monstrengo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese monstro, from Latin mōnstrum, from Proto-Italic monestrom.

monstrengo (Portuguese): a monster

Definitions

  1. a monster

Ancestry of “monstrengo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemonstromonster; an ugly person; an excessively muscular...
2Latinmōnstruma divine omen indicating misfortune, an evil omen, portent
3Proto-Italicmonestrom—
Every word from Proto-Italic monestrom →Every word from Latin mōnstrum →Every word from Portuguese monstro →