Where does “kema” come from?

kema (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese queimar, from Old Portuguese queimar, from Vulgar Latin caimare, from Latin cremāre, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

kema (Guinea-Bissau Creole): to burn

Definitions

  1. to burn

Ancestry of “kema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesequeimarto burn; to harm one's reputation or image
2Old Portuguesequeimar—
3Vulgar Latincaimare—
4Latincremāre—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Latin cremāre →Every word from Vulgar Latin caimare →