Where does “freguesía” come from?
freguesía (Spanish) comes from Portuguese freguesia, from Portuguese -ia, from Ancient Greek -είᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
freguesía (Spanish): parish
Definitions
- parish
Ancestry of “freguesía”, step by step
freguesía traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese freguesia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | freguesia | an administrative parish of Portugal; the... |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ia | -ness; -ity; -y; -hood; -y; -ia; -ship |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via Galician freguesía
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | freguesía | parish |
| 2 | Galician | fregués | parishioner |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | feegres | — |
| 4 | Latin | fil(ius) ecclesiae | — |