Where does “adoleta” come from?

adoleta (Portuguese) comes from French andouillette, from French andouille, from Old French andoille, from Latin inductilis, from Latin inductus, from Latin indūcō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

adoleta (Portuguese): a children's game similar to pattycake in which two people alternately clap their own and each other's hands, often to the accompaniment of the nursery rhyme "Adoleta"

Definitions

  1. a children's game similar to pattycake in which two people alternately clap their own and each other's hands, often to the accompaniment of the nursery rhyme "Adoleta"

Ancestry of “adoleta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchandouilletteA piece of andouille; a small spiced pork sausage
2Frenchandouilleandouille; imbecile, numpty, fool
3Old Frenchandoilleandouille (type of sausage)
4Latininductilissuitable for covering
5Latininductusled or conducted; exhibited; introduced
6Latinindūcōto lead, bring or conduct in or into somewhere
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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