Where does “brasileño” come from?

brasileño (Spanish) comes from Spanish brasil, from Spanish -il, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

brasileño (Spanish): Brazilian

Definitions

  1. Brazilian

Ancestry of “brasileño”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbrasilbrazil, brazilwood
2Spanish-il-ile
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “brasileño”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Spanish -il →