Where does “Kay Sab” come from?
Kay Sab (Haitian Creole) comes from Haitian Creole kay, from French caille, from French cailler, from Old French quailler, from Vulgar Latin coaglare, from Latin coāgulō, from Latin coāgulum, from Latin cōgō — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Kay Sab (Haitian Creole): and the most densely populated island in the world
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- and the most densely populated island in the world
Ancestry of “Kay Sab”, step by step
Kay Sab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Haitian Creole kay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haitian Creole | kay | house |
| 2 | French | caille | multicoloured, spotted; quail; inflection of... |
| 3 | French | cailler | to curdle, clot; To be very cold, to be brass... |
| 4 | Old French | quailler | Alternative form of coaillier |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | coaglare | — |
| 6 | Latin | coāgulō | to curdle; make thick, solid |
| 7 | Latin | coāgulum | tie, bond, binding agent |
| 8 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Haitian Creole sab
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haitian Creole | sab | sand |
| 2 | French | sablé | sandy; biscuit sablé, shortbread; past participle... |
| 3 | Old French | martre sable | sable marten; sable martin |
| 4 | Middle Low German | sabel | — |