Where does “Quito” come from?
Quito (Portuguese) comes from Spanish bocadito, from Spanish bocado, from Spanish -ado, from Old Spanish -ado, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
Quito (Portuguese): a vessel to transport or store water
Definitions
- a vessel to transport or store water
Ancestry of “Quito”, step by step
Quito traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish bocadito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | bocadito | Diminutive of bocado |
| 2 | Spanish | bocado | mouthful; snack; bit |
| 3 | Spanish | -ado | Suffix indicating the masculine singular past... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -ado | forms the masculine singular past participle of regular |
| 5 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Swahili kitu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swahili | kitu | thing |
| 2 | Proto-Bantu | kɪ̀ntʊ̀ | thing, object |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | *-ntʊ̀ | — |
via Spanish quitó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | quitó | exempt |