Etymology

lusophone

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Today it means: Portuguese-speaking. Full definition →

Portuguese lusófono
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  1. Portuguese · derived fromlusófono“Portuguese-speaking”
  2. English todayLusophone

From Portuguese lusófono (“Portuguese-speaking”), from Lusitania (“the Roman province in what is now Portugal”), in the form of Luso- + -phone.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.