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Where does “salão” come from?

salão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -ão, from Old Portuguese -ão, from Latin -ānus.

salão (Portuguese): hall, salon, parlour, saloon

Definitions

  1. hall, salon, parlour, saloon

Ancestry of “salão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-ãoforms the augmentative of nouns; forms the...
2Old Portuguese-ão—
3Latin-ānus—
Every word from Latin -ānus →