Where does “cato” come from?
cato (Asturian) comes from Asturian catar, from Old Leonese catar, from Late Latin catto, from Latin captō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
cato (Asturian): first-person singular present indicative of catar
Definitions
- first-person singular present indicative of catar
Ancestry of “cato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asturian | catar | to milk; to search, look for; to gaze |
| 2 | Old Leonese | catar | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | catto | — |
| 4 | Latin | captō | to strive to seize, catch or grasp at |
| 5 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |