Where does “Kanorado” come from?
Kanorado (English) comes from English Colorado, from Spanish Colorado, from Latin coloratus, from Latin coloro, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Kanorado (English): directly on the border with Colorado
Definitions
- directly on the border with Colorado
Ancestry of “Kanorado”, step by step
Kanorado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Colorado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Colorado | Places in North America |
| 2 | Spanish | Colorado | colored |
| 3 | Latin | coloratus | coloured |
| 4 | Latin | coloro | I color, tinge, imbue; I paint, dye |
| 5 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English Kansas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Kansas | — |
| 2 | English | ethnonym | The name of an ethnic group, nation, nationality,... |
| 3 | English | -onym | name; word |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |