Where does “neto” come from?
neto (Galician) comes from Spanish neto, from Italian netto, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere, from Latin niteo, from Proto-Indo-European ney-, from Cebuano -hi.
neto (Galician): grandson; jack rafter; a traditional unit of...
Definitions
- grandson; jack rafter; a traditional unit of...
Ancestry of “neto”, step by step
neto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish neto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | neto | net |
| 2 | Italian | netto | clear; net; clearly |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 4 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 5 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 8 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via Old Portuguese neto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | neto | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | nepto | — |
| 3 | Latin | nepta | — |
| 4 | Latin | neptis | granddaughter |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néptih₂ | granddaughter; niece |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ih₂ | Feminizes athematic nominal stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |