Etymology

jurubaça

Today it means: An interpreter of Portuguese in the Far East, particularly in Macau and other Portuguese colonies between the 16th and the 18th centuries. Full definition →

Portuguese jurubaça ← Malay jurubahasa ← Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā)
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The story

  1. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zuru
  2. Malayjuru-
  3. Sanskritभाष् (bhāṣ)
  4. Sanskritभाषा (bhāṣā)
  5. Malaybahasa
  6. Malayjurubahasa
  7. Portuguesejurubaça
  8. English todayjurubaça

From Portuguese jurubaça, from Malay jurubahasa (“interpreter”).

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