Where does “quente” come from?
quente (Galician) comes 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.
quente (Galician): hot; warm; on heat; aroused sexually
Definitions
- hot; warm; on heat; aroused sexually
Ancestry of “quente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | caente | hot, warm |
| 2 | Latin | calēns | — |
| 3 | Latin | caleō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kalēō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |