Where does “tostão” come from?
tostão (Portuguese) comes from French teston, from Italian testone, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
tostão (Portuguese): penny; money
Definitions
- penny; money
Ancestry of “tostão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | teston | tester coin |
| 2 | Italian | testone | blockhead, dunderhead |
| 3 | Italian | -one | Alterative suffix used to form augmentatives;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |