Where does “Alcàntara” come from?
Alcàntara (Catalan) comes from Arabic قنطرة, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom.
Ancestry of “Alcàntara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | قنطرة | arch, vault; bridge |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | — |