Etymology

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Today it means: A sugar mill in colonial Brazil. Full definition →

Portuguese engenho ← Old Galician-Portuguese engenno ← Latin ingenium
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  1. Latin · derived fromingenium
  2. Old Galician-Portuguese · derived fromengenno
  3. Portuguese · borrowed fromengenho“machine; sugar mill”
  4. English todayengenho

From Portuguese engenho (“machine; sugar mill”), from Old Galician-Portuguese engenno, from Latin ingenium. Doublet of engine.

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