English
feijoada
Feijoada comes from Portuguese feijão ‘bean’, and goes back to Latin phasēlus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEphasēlus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEphaseolus‘a type of bean with an edible pod’
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500*feijõoreconstructed
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentfeijão‘bean’
- Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentfeijoada
- Englishearliest quotation 2003same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEphasēlus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEphaseolus‘a type of bean with an edible pod’
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500*feijõoreconstructed
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentfeijão‘bean’
- Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentfeijoada
- Englishearliest quotation 2003same form
Earliest quotation: 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil: “There are about a dozen kinds of beef and…”
Every English word from Latin phasēlus
Today it means
noun A stew of beans with beef and pork, considered the national dish of Brazil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin phasēlus / feijoada