Etymology

saudade

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Today it means: A feeling of melancholy and wistful yearning for something that is absent, impossible or lost. Full definition →

Portuguese saudade ← Old Galician-Portuguese saudadeinflu. ← Late Latin sōlitātem
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  1. Latinsōlus
  2. Latinsōlitās
  3. Late Latinsōlitātem
  4. Old Galician-Portuguesesoydade, soedade, suydade
  5. Old Galician-Portuguesesaudarinflu.
  6. Old Galician-Portuguesesaudadeinflu.
  7. Portuguesesaudade
  8. English todaysaudade

Borrowed from Portuguese saudade.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.