Where does “ludoteca” come from?

ludoteca (Catalan) comes from Catalan teca, from Spanish teca, from Portuguese teca, from Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

ludoteca (Catalan): games library, toy library

Definitions

  1. games library, toy library

Ancestry of “ludoteca”, step by step

ludoteca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan teca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalantecafood
2Spanishtecateak; theca
3Portuguesetecateak
4Latinthēcaa case, envelope, sheath
5Ancient Greekθήκηbox, chest; grave, tomb; sword sheath
6Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Catalan ludo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanludo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-