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Where does “palhaçada” come from?

palhaçada (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese palhaço, from Portuguese -aço, from Old Portuguese -aço, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

palhaçada (Portuguese): clowning; burlesque; masquerade

Definitions

  1. clowning; burlesque; masquerade

Ancestry of “palhaçada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepalhaçoclown; any funny or amusing person; a silly or...
2Portuguese-açoForming augmentatives; words expressing greatness...
3Old Portuguese-aço—
4Latin-āceus—
5Latin-āx—
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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