Where does “rixoso” come from?

rixoso (Portuguese) comes from Latin rixosus, from Latin rixa, from Proto-Indo-European rik-s-eh₂.

rixoso (Portuguese): feisty, quarrelsome, contentious; of someone often involved in fights, brawls or quarrels

Definitions

  1. feisty, quarrelsome, contentious; of someone often involved in fights, brawls or quarrels

Ancestry of “rixoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrixosusquarrelsome, pugnacious
2Latinrixaquarrel, brawl, dispute, contest, strife,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrik-s-eh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rik-s-eh₂ →Every word from Latin rixa →Every word from Latin rixosus →