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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | andouillette | A piece of andouille; a small spiced pork sausage |
| 2 | French | andouille | andouille; imbecile, numpty, fool |
| 3 | Old French | andoille | andouille (type of sausage) |
| 4 | Latin | inductilis | suitable for covering |
| 5 | Latin | inductus | led or conducted; exhibited; introduced |
| 6 | Latin | indūcō | to lead, bring or conduct in or into somewhere |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |