Where does “ratão” come from?

ratão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese rato, from Latin raptus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

ratão (Portuguese): Common stingray; Augmentative of rato

Definitions

  1. Common stingray; Augmentative of rato

Ancestry of “ratão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseratorat; mouse; burglar; petty thief
2Latinraptussnatched, having been snatched, grabbed, having...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin raptus →