Where does “kobra” come from?
kobra (Cebuano) comes from English cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Vulgar Latin colobra, from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
kobra (Cebuano): to collect payment (such as bills, debts, bets (esp. in jueteng), etc
Definitions
- to collect payment (such as bills, debts, bets (esp. in jueteng), etc
Ancestry of “kobra”, step by step
kobra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cobra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cobra | Any of various venomous snakes of the family... |
| 2 | Portuguese | cobra | snake |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | coobra | snake |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | colobra | — |
| 5 | Latin | colubra | a female snake, serpent; snake, serpent |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Spanish cobrar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cobrar | to charge; to collect; to gather up |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *cuperāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | recuperāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | reciperāre | — |