Where does “Vaticano” come from?

Vaticano (Portuguese) comes from Latin Vātī̆cānus, from Latin vātēs, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂t- — excited, inspired; possessed, raging.

Vaticano (Portuguese): the Vatican; the Roman Catholic Church

Definitions

  1. the Vatican; the Roman Catholic Church

Ancestry of “Vaticano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinVātī̆cānus—
2Latinvātēsseer, soothsayer, diviner, prophet, prophetess
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂t-excited, inspired; possessed, raging
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂t- →Every word from Latin vātēs →Every word from Latin Vātī̆cānus →