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Where does “trocado” come from?

trocado (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.

trocado (Portuguese): change; small change

Definitions

  1. change; small change

Ancestry of “trocado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetroçarto mock, to ridicule
2Latintortiare—
3Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “trocado”

  • trocadilho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →