Etymology

caboclo

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Today it means: A person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African descent. Full definition →

Brazilian Portuguese caboclo ← Old Tupi kuriboka
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The story

  1. Old Tupikariba
  2. Old Tupi'ok
  3. Old Tupikuriboka
  4. Brazilian Portuguesecaboclo
  5. English todaycaboclo

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caboclo, borrowed from Old Tupi kuriboka.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.