Where does “categoria” come from?
categoria (Italian) comes from Spanish categoría, from Portuguese categoria, from Late Latin categoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία, from Ancient Greek κατηγορέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
categoria (Italian): category, topic; class
Definitions
- category, topic; class
Ancestry of “categoria”, step by step
categoria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish categoría
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | categoría | category; standing, regard |
| 2 | Portuguese | categoria | category |
| 3 | Late Latin | categoria | class of predicables; accusation; predicament |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορία | charge, accusation; predication, category |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορέω | to speak against, especially before judges, to... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Latin catēgoria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | catēgoria | accusation |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ | charge, accusation |