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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTanoThe Hopi-Tewa people
2SpanishtanoItalian; An Italian
3SpanishnapolitanoNeapolitan
4LatinneāpolītānusNeapolitan; of or belonging to Naples
5LatinNeāpolis
6Ancient GreekΝεάπολιςAny one of various Greek and Hellenistic cities named Neapolis
7Ancient Greekνέοςyoung; youthful; new, fresh
8Latinfēlēscat
9Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
10Proto-Uralicpidetall
11Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
12Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
13Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

via English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishān
2Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
3Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
4Proto-West Germanicainone
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäkEvery word from Finnish pitää