Origin

from Portuguese lusitano, from Latin, from Lusitania

Lu·so-
\\\\ˌlü-(ˌ)sō\\\\ combining form

ETYMOLOGY Portuguese, from lusitano Portuguese, from Latin Lusitanus of Lusitania (ancient region corresponding approximately to modern Portugal)

: Portuguese and
Luso-Brazilian

Luso-|ˈluːsəʊ|[f. Lusitania = Portugal.]In Comb.: of Portugal, Portuguese.1951Smith & Marchant Brazil v. 146 The Brazilian Negroes are blending physically and culturally with the national types, mostly Luso-Brazilian ethnically.1957R. Campbell Portugal 20 The Luso-Spanish sieges of Numantia.1958Archivum Linguisticum X. i. 30 The Luso-Hispanic frontier.1964New Statesman 3 Apr. 514/1 Portugal's assertion of complete Luso-African unity.1969J. Mander Static Society ii. 79, I have stressed the unity that Latin America possesses in virtue of its Luso-Hispanic inheritance.1973Black World Sept. 19/1 [Jorge de Lima] taught Luso-Brazilian literature at the Federal and National Universities.

Luso- /ˈlu:səʊ/ combining form.

ORIGIN: from Lusitania: see Lusitanian, -o-.

Forming adjectives and nouns with the senses ‘of Lusitania or Portugal’, ‘Lusitanian or Portuguese and —’, as Luso-Brazilian, Luso-Hispanic, etc.

Luso-

Prefix

Forming compound words indicative of the country Portugal.

Etymology

From Latin Lūsitānia (“Ancient Roman province comprising most of modern Portugal and part of Spain”).

Coordinate terms

Appendix:English nationality prefixes

词汇	Luso-
词根词缀	Collins MWCD OED SOED Wiktionary Luso- combining form indicating Portugal or Portuguese Origin from Portuguese lusitano, from Latin, from Lusitania Lu·so- \\\\ˌlü-(ˌ)sō\\\\ combining form ETYMOLOGY Portuguese, from lusitano Portuguese, from Latin Lusitanus of Lusitania (ancient region corresponding approximately to modern Portugal) : Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Luso-\|ˈluːsəʊ\|[f. Lusitania = Portugal.]In Comb.: of Portugal, Portuguese.1951Smith & Marchant Brazil v. 146 The Brazilian Negroes are blending physically and culturally with the national types, mostly Luso-Brazilian ethnically.1957R. Campbell Portugal 20 The Luso-Spanish sieges of Numantia.1958Archivum Linguisticum X. i. 30 The Luso-Hispanic frontier.1964New Statesman 3 Apr. 514/1 Portugal's assertion of complete Luso-African unity.1969J. Mander Static Society ii. 79, I have stressed the unity that Latin America possesses in virtue of its Luso-Hispanic inheritance.1973Black World Sept. 19/1 [Jorge de Lima] taught Luso-Brazilian literature at the Federal and National Universities. Luso- /ˈlu:səʊ/ combining form. ORIGIN: from Lusitania: see Lusitanian, -o-. Forming adjectives and nouns with the senses ‘of Lusitania or Portugal’, ‘Lusitanian or Portuguese and —’, as Luso-Brazilian, Luso-Hispanic, etc. Luso- Prefix Forming compound words indicative of the country Portugal. Etymology From Latin Lūsitānia (“Ancient Roman province comprising most of modern Portugal and part of Spain”). Coordinate terms Appendix:English nationality prefixes
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