Where does “tronchuda” come from?
tronchuda (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tronchudo, from Portuguese troncho, from Spanish troncho, from Latin trunculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
tronchuda (Portuguese): A variety of cabbage with thick, twisted stems
Definitions
- A variety of cabbage with thick, twisted stems
Ancestry of “tronchuda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tronchudo | thick-stalked |
| 2 | Portuguese | troncho | stump |
| 3 | Spanish | troncho | trunk, stalk |
| 4 | Latin | trunculus | a small piece cut off from the body; tip |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |