Where does “maínzo” come from?
maínzo (Galician) comes from Galician paínzo, from Spanish paico, from Late Latin panicium, from Latin pānicum, from Latin -cum, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
maínzo (Galician): handful
Definitions
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Ancestry of “maínzo”, step by step
maínzo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician paínzo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | paínzo | millet, foxtail millet; any grass in the genus Panicum |
| 2 | Spanish | paico | epazote |
| 3 | Late Latin | panicium | anything baked; bread, cakes; foxtail millet |
| 4 | Latin | pānicum | Italian millet, foxtail millet (Setaria italica), panicgrass |
| 5 | Latin | -cum | with; suffixed to nouns of any gender, forms... |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Latin *manicius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | *manicius | — |
| 2 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |
via Galician maíz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | maíz | — |