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Where does “orquidário” come from?

orquidário (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese orquídea, from New Latin Orchideae, from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- — testicle.

orquidário (Portuguese): orchidarium, orchid garden

Definitions

  1. orchidarium, orchid garden

Ancestry of “orquidário”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseorquídeaorchid
2New LatinOrchideae—
3Latinorchisorchid; kind of olive
4Ancient Greekὄρχιςtesticle; ovary; orchid
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erǵʰi-testicle
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