Where does “Tanoan” come from?
Tanoan (English) comes from English Tano, from Spanish tano, from Spanish napolitano, from Latin neāpolītānus, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις, from Ancient Greek νέος, from Latin fēlēs.
Tanoan (English): Of or relating to the Tanoan languages or the peoples that speak them
Definitions
- Of or relating to the Tanoan languages or the peoples that speak them
Ancestry of “Tanoan”, step by step
Tanoan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Tano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tano | The Hopi-Tewa people |
| 2 | Spanish | tano | Italian; An Italian |
| 3 | Spanish | napolitano | Neapolitan |
| 4 | Latin | neāpolītānus | Neapolitan; of or belonging to Naples |
| 5 | Latin | Neāpolis | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Νεάπολις | Any one of various Greek and Hellenistic cities named Neapolis |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | νέος | young; youthful; new, fresh |
| 8 | Latin | fēlēs | cat |
| 9 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 11 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 12 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 13 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |