Etymology

Brazilian

Bra·zil·ian
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Today it means: A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent. Full definition →

English Brazil ← Portuguese Brazi ← Old Galician-Portuguese brasa
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The story

  1. Vulgar Latin*brasa
  2. Old Galician-Portuguesebrasa
  3. Portuguesebrasa
  4. Portuguesebrasil
  5. PortugueseTerra do Brasilellip.
  6. PortugueseBrasil
  7. PortugueseBrazi
  8. EnglishBrazil
  9. English todayBrazilian

From Brazil + -ian.

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