Where does “trasantonte” come from?

trasantonte (Galician) comes from Galician antonte, from Galician onte, from Old Portuguese oonte, from Old Portuguese aõite, from Old Portuguese anoite, from Latin ad noctem, from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic nokts — bare, naked.

trasantonte (Galician): day before the day before yesterday

Definitions

  1. day before the day before yesterday

Ancestry of “trasantonte”, step by step

trasantonte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician antonte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianantonteday before yesterday
2Galicianonteyesterday
3Old Portugueseoonteyesterday
4Old Portugueseaõite—
5Old Portugueseanoite—
6Latinad noctemat night
7Latinnoxnight; darkness; a dream
8Proto-Italicnoktsnight
9Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
10Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via Galician tras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciantrasbehind; after
2Latintransacross, beyond
3Proto-Italictrānts—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →