Where does “cattelo” come from?
cattelo (English) comes from English Buffalo, from Spanish búfalo, from Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic korwos — army.
cattelo (English): A cross between domestic cattle and buffalo
Definitions
- A cross between domestic cattle and buffalo
Ancestry of “cattelo”, step by step
cattelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Buffalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Buffalo | A placename |
| 2 | Spanish | búfalo | buffalo; buffalo, the American bison |
| 3 | Latin | būfalus | — |
| 4 | Latin | būbalus | antelope, gazelle |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βούβαλος | A species of antelope, possibly the bubal... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 7 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English cattle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cattle | Domesticated bovine animals; Certain other... |
| 2 | Middle English | catel | Property, as distinguished from rent or income |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | catel | personal property; Alternative form of chatel |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | capitale | young cattle |
| 5 | Latin | capitālis | of the head or life |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |