Where does “tocatardà” come from?
tocatardà (Catalan) comes from Catalan tardà, from Catalan tard, from Old Catalan tart, from Latin tardē, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
tocatardà (Catalan): late riser
Definitions
- late riser
Ancestry of “tocatardà”, step by step
tocatardà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan tardà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | tardà | late; tardy |
| 2 | Catalan | tard | late |
| 3 | Old Catalan | tart | — |
| 4 | Latin | tardē | slowly |
| 5 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Catalan tocar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | tocar | to touch; to feel; to press |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *toccāre, *tuccāre | — |
| 3 | Frankish | tukkōn | to knock, strike, touch; to touch, hit; to touch |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tukkōną | to tug, pull; to grab, snatch; to grasp, touch |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |