Where does “kawt” come from?

kawt (Maltese) comes from Italian cauto, from Latin cautus, from Latin caveō, from Proto-Italic *kaweō — to beware, to be mindful of.

kawt (Maltese): wary, heedful, prudent

Definitions

  1. wary, heedful, prudent

Ancestry of “kawt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancautoprudent, cautious, sly
2Latincautuscautious, careful; circumspect, prudent; wary
3Latincaveōto take precautions, beware, take care; to guard against, attend to a thing for a person, provide
4Proto-Italic*kaweōto beware, to be mindful of
Every word from Proto-Italic *kaweō →Every word from Latin caveō →Every word from Latin cautus →