Where does “sagueiro” come from?

sagueiro (Portuguese) comes from Malay sagu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu.

Ancestry of “sagueiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysagusago
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sagu—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu →Every word from Malay sagu →
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