Where does “sufragista” come from?
sufragista (Portuguese) comes from Spanish sufragio, from Latin suffragium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
sufragista (Portuguese): suffragist/suffragette
Ancestry of “sufragista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | sufragio | suffrage |
| 2 | Latin | suffragium | voting tablet; vote; judgement |
| 3 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “sufragista”