Where does “poça” come from?
poça (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese porra, from Portuguese porro, from Old Portuguese porro, from Latin porrum, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥so- — leek.
poça (Portuguese): pool; damn!
Ancestry of “poça”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | porra | semen; cum, jizz; penis; shit, fuck; stuff,... |
| 2 | Portuguese | porro | leek |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | porro | — |
| 4 | Latin | porrum | leek; chives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥so- | leek |