Where does “coita” come from?
coita (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese coita, from Old Portuguese coitar, from Vulgar Latin coctare, from Latin cōctus, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
coita (Galician): sorrow, grief; fallow
Ancestry of “coita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | coita | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | coitar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | coctare | — |
| 4 | Latin | cōctus | — |
| 5 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 6 | Latin | cōgō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |