Where does “lanta” come from?
lanta (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese levantar, from Old Portuguese levantar, from Vulgar Latin levantare, from Latin levāns, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus — light.
lanta (Guinea-Bissau Creole): to stand up
Ancestry of “lanta”, step by step