Where does “caça-fantasma” come from?
caça-fantasma (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese fantasma, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα, from Ancient Greek φαντάζω, from Ancient Greek φαίνω, from English -type, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.
caça-fantasma (Portuguese): ghosthunter; ghostbuster
Definitions
- ghosthunter; ghostbuster
Ancestry of “caça-fantasma”, step by step
caça-fantasma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese fantasma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | fantasma | ghost |
| 2 | Latin | phantasma | image, appearance; apparition, spectre, phantom |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φάντασμα | phantom, apparition, ghost; vision, dream;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φαντάζω | to show; to make visible; to place before one's... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 6 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Portuguese caçar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | caçar | to hunt |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | caçar | — |
| 3 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 4 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 5 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |