Where does “algen” come from?
algen (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese alguém, from Old Portuguese alguen, from Latin aliquem, from Latin aliquis, from Latin aliquo, from Latin quō, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque — resin.
algen (Kabuverdianu): person
Definitions
- person
Ancestry of “algen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | alguém | somebody; someone; a person |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | alguen | — |
| 3 | Latin | aliquem | masculine accusative singular of aliquis |
| 4 | Latin | aliquis | someone, something, anyone, anything; some, any |
| 5 | Latin | aliquo | somewhither, to somewhere |
| 6 | Latin | quō | whither, whereto, where |
| 7 | Latin | quī | who, that, which, what |
| 8 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 9 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 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 |