Where does “veado” come from?

veado (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese vẽado, from Latin vēnātus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

veado (Portuguese): deer; male homosexual

Definitions

  1. deer; male homosexual

Ancestry of “veado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevẽado—
2Latinvēnātushaving hunted
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “veado”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin vēnātus →