Where does “câmara municipal” come from?
câmara municipal (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese municipal, from Latin mūnicipālis, from Latin mūnicipium, from Latin mūniceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
câmara municipal (Portuguese): the executive body of a municipality; city hall
Definitions
- the executive body of a municipality; city hall
Ancestry of “câmara municipal”, step by step
câmara municipal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese municipal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | municipal | municipal; town; civic |
| 2 | Latin | mūnicipālis | municipal |
| 3 | Latin | mūnicipium | township |
| 4 | Latin | mūniceps | citizen (of a municipium) |
| 5 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 6 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Portuguese Câmara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Câmara | chamber |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | camara | room, chamber |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | camara | Alternative spelling of camera; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |