Where does “sapatu” come from?

sapatu (Old Tupi) comes from Portuguese sapato, from Old Portuguese çapato, from Old Spanish çapato — shoe.

sapatu (Old Tupi): shoe

Definitions

  1. shoe

Ancestry of “sapatu”, 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 →