Where does “sargaço” come from?

sargaço (Portuguese) comes from Latin salicastrum, from Latin salix, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-.

sargaço (Portuguese): sargasso, gulfweed

Definitions

  1. sargasso, gulfweed

Ancestry of “sargaço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalicastruma kind of wild vine found in willow-thickets
2Latinsalixwillow; a willow branch
3Proto-Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-—

Words derived from “sargaço”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- →Every word from Latin salix →Every word from Latin salicastrum →