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linhagem.

burlap

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/lĩˈɲa.ʒẽj̃/Brazil[lĩˈj̃a.ʒẽɪ̯̃]Brazil/liˈɲa.ʒɐ̃j̃/Portugal
  1. burlap

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Portuguese linho (flax) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. ▲ Latin -āticum Old Occitan -atgebor. Old Galician-Portuguese -age Portuguese -agem Portuguese linhagem From linho (flax) + -agem.

noun/lĩˈɲa.ʒẽj̃/Brazil[lĩˈj̃a.ʒẽɪ̯̃]Brazil/liˈɲa.ʒɐ̃j̃/Portugal
  1. lineage (series or succession of ancestors or descendants)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese linhagem, from Old French lignage.

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