Where does “vaquejada” come from?

vaquejada (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese vaquejar, from Portuguese vaca, from Old Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

vaquejada (Portuguese): rodeo

Definitions

  1. rodeo

Ancestry of “vaquejada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesevaquejarto round up
2Portuguesevacacow; a promiscuous woman; bitch
3Old Portuguesevaca—
4Latinvaccacow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Old Portuguese vaca →