maçãa

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin māla (apples)) mattiana (of Mattium), though some theorize that mattiana was an Iberian pronunciation of the Gallo-Roman word matianium, a golden apple named after Gaius Matius, a horticulturist and friend of Caesar.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ˈt͡sã.a/

Noun

maçãa f (plural maçãas)

  1. apple (fruit)

Descendants

References

  1. Agnes, Michael, ed. in chief, Webster's New World College Dictionary, fourth edition, MacMillan, 1999.
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