Where does “rançoso” come from?
rançoso (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ranço, from Old Portuguese ranço, from Latin rancidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
rançoso (Portuguese): stale having lost its freshness
Definitions
- stale having lost its freshness
Ancestry of “rançoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | ranço | rancid; rancidity; contempt; despise towards... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | ranço | — |
| 3 | Latin | rancidus | rancid, rank, stinking; disgusting, loathsome,... |
| 4 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |