Where does “sacolão” come from?
sacolão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Sacola, from Portuguese -ola, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
sacolão (Portuguese): Augmentative of sacola; grocery store
Definitions
- Augmentative of sacola; grocery store
Ancestry of “sacolão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Sacola | schoolbag |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ola | indicates a diminutive, sometimes pejorative |
| 3 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 4 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |