Where does “xapatu” come from?

xapatu (Mbyá Guaraní) comes from Portuguese sapato, from Old Portuguese çapato, from Old Spanish çapato — shoe.

Ancestry of “xapatu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesapatoshoe
2Old Portugueseçapatoshoe
3Old Spanishçapatoshoe
Every word from Old Spanish çapato →Every word from Old Portuguese çapato →Every word from Portuguese sapato →
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