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Where does “mourão” come from?

mourão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese mouro, from Old Portuguese mouro, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος, from Ancient Greek -ούσιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

mourão (Portuguese): Augmentative of mouro; an upright stake in a...

Definitions

  1. Augmentative of mouro; an upright stake in a...

Ancestry of “mourão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesemouroMoorish; Moor
2Old PortuguesemouroMoor
3LatinMaurusOf or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,...
4Ancient GreekΜαυρούσιοςan inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian
5Ancient Greek-ούσιος—
6Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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