Where does “toupeira” come from?

toupeira (Portuguese) comes from Galician -eira, from Old Portuguese -eira, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

toupeira (Portuguese): mole; fool, idiot

Definitions

  1. mole; fool, idiot

Ancestry of “toupeira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galician-eiraforms names of plants from the fruits or vegetables they produce
2Old Portuguese-eira—
3Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin -āria →