Etymograph

English

INPE

INPE comes from Portuguese INPE.

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentINPE
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentINPE
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

Earliest quotation: 2019, Jonathan Watts, Amazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade': “The assault on the planet’s biggest terrestrial carbon sink…”

Today it means

name The National Institute for Space Research.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Portuguese INPE / INPE