devasa

Oznaczający (Angielski)

1. (masculine) firebreak, fire line, firetrail (Australia) (An area cleared of all flammable material in the woods to prevent a fire from spreading across it)
2. (masculine) firewall

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/deˈβasa̝/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Pokrewny z łaciński: devasto

Pokrewny z irlandzki: fás

Pokrewny z portugalski: devassa

In summary

From Old Galicia and Old Galician-Portuguese devasso (“desert”), perhaps from a Celtic cognate of Latin devastare (compare Irish fás and fásach, "waste, desert") ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *de + *weh₂st- (“empty, wasted”). Cognate with Portuguese devassa.