English
São Lourenço
São Lourenço comes from Portuguese São Lourenço.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentSão Lourenço
- Englishearliest quotation 1996same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentSão Lourenço
- Englishearliest quotation 1996same form
Earliest quotation: 1996, 1982, The Phantom of the Seminary: Father Manuel Teixeira (1982): “Here we Portuguese here are just a drop in…”
The story
From Portuguese São Lourenço, named after Saint Lawrence.
Every English word from Portuguese São Lourenço
Today it means
name A parish of Macau.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese São Lourenço / São Lourenço