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ressecar.

to desiccate

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʁe.seˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[he.seˈka(h)]Brazil/ʁe.seˈka(ɾ)/São-Paulo[he.seˈka(ɾ)]São-Paulo

  1. to desiccate

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Old Galician-Portuguese re- Portuguese re- Portuguese secar Portuguese ressecar From re- + secar.

verb/ʁe.seˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[he.seˈka(h)]Brazil/ʁe.seˈka(ɾ)/São-Paulo[he.seˈka(ɾ)]São-Paulo

  1. to resect

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin seco Latin resecārebor. Portuguese ressecar Borrowed from Latin resecāre.

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