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Where does “anticaça” come from?

anticaça (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese caça, from Portuguese caçar, from Old Portuguese caçar, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

anticaça (Portuguese): antihunting

Definitions

  1. antihunting

Ancestry of “anticaça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecaçahunting; hunt; game
2Portuguesecaçarto hunt
3Old Portuguesecaçar—
4Latincaptiāre—
5Latincaptuscaptured, having been captured, seized, having...
6Latincapiō—
7Proto-Italickapiōtake
8Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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