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Where does “trigo” come from?

trigo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese triigo, from Latin trīticum, from Latin -icum, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

trigo (Portuguese): wheat

Definitions

  1. wheat

Ancestry of “trigo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetriigowheat
2Latintrīticum—
3Latin-icumnominative neuter singular of -icus; accusative...
4Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
5Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
6Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “trigo”

  • terigu
  • terigu
  • trigu
  • trigu
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