Where does “kkawtela” come from?
kkawtela (Maltese) comes from Italian cautelare, from Italian cautela, from Latin cautela, from Latin cautus, from Latin caveō, from Proto-Italic *kaweō — to beware, to be mindful of.
kkawtela (Maltese): to take precautions
Definitions
- to take precautions
Ancestry of “kkawtela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cautelare | precautionary; to protect |
| 2 | Italian | cautela | caution, care; precaution; third-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | cautela | caution; vocative singular of cautēla; ablative... |
| 4 | Latin | cautus | cautious, careful; circumspect, prudent; wary |
| 5 | Latin | caveō | to take precautions, beware, take care; to guard against, attend to a thing for a person, provide |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *kaweō | to beware, to be mindful of |