Where does “troço” come from?
troço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese troçar, from Latin tortiare, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
troço (Portuguese): piece, fragment; section, leg; turd
Definitions
- piece, fragment; section, leg; turd
Ancestry of “troço”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | troçar | to mock, to ridicule |
| 2 | Latin | tortiare | — |
| 3 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |