Where does “cambapé” come from?
cambapé (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cambar, from Portuguese cambiar, from Old Portuguese cambiar, from Late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambiō, from Latin cambium, from Gaulish cambion, from Proto-Celtic kambos — to bend; crooked; crooked.
cambapé (Portuguese): foot trip
Definitions
- foot trip
Ancestry of “cambapé”, step by step
cambapé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese cambar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cambar | to jibe |
| 2 | Portuguese | cambiar | to exchange |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | cambiar | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | cambiare | — |
| 5 | Latin | cambiō | to exchange, barter; change |
| 6 | Latin | cambium | A change; cambium |
| 7 | Gaulish | cambion | change |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | kambos | curved; twisted, crooked |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kamp- | to bend; crooked; crooked |
via Portuguese Pé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Pé | foot, part of the human body |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | pee | foot |
| 3 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |