Where does “quentar” come from?
quentar (Galician) comes from Galician quente, from Old Portuguese caente, from Latin calēns, from Latin caleō, from Proto-Italic kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
quentar (Galician): to heat; to anger; to get angry
Definitions
- to heat; to anger; to get angry
Ancestry of “quentar”, step by step
quentar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician quente
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | quente | hot; warm; on heat; aroused sexually |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | caente | hot, warm |
| 3 | Latin | calēns | Being warm or hot, glowing |
| 4 | Latin | caleō | to be warm or hot, glow |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kalēō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |
via Old Portuguese caentar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | caentar | — |