Where does “acantazar” come from?

acantazar (Galician) comes from Galician cantazo, from Galician canto, from Old Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

acantazar (Galician): to stone to throw stones at

Definitions

  1. to stone to throw stones at

Ancestry of “acantazar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancantazoa pebble; a stone that can be handled
2Galiciancantosinging; hymn, song; first-person singular...
3Old Portuguesecanto
4Latincantussung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted
5Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
6LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
7Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
8Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
9Proto-Italic-ējō
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eoEvery word from Latin caneo