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
Ancestry of “kema”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | queimar | to burn; to harm one's reputation or image |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | queimar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | caimare | — |
| 4 | Latin | cremāre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |